Taranaki Surf

Detailed Taranaki surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Taranaki. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Taranaki. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Taranaki over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Taranaki and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Taranaki Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Taranaki Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Taranaki coastline are also listed below.

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	Sat		Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	0.4 WSW	1.5 SSW	2.5 W	1.1 WSW	1.4 W	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.9 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 W	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.1 W	1.4 W	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	12	6	7	11	7	12	14	13	12	12	12	11	10	9	8	6	11	7	8	9
Energy(?)	368	243	144	305	708	663	354	1831	2645	1497	1857	2037	3605	2089	1528	1130	603	268	824	223	351	1993
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:45PM 2.20		5:25AM 2.37					6:54PM 2.82	7:12AM 3.00		7:43PM 2.96	7:55AM 3.20					9:07PM 3.39
Low Tide / height (m)		11:02PM 1.22						1:06AM 0.89		1:34PM 0.66	1:52AM 0.60		2:15PM 0.41									4:18PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	4	12	25	4	8	13	4	3	4	5	1	-	2	2	-	-	-	7	1	3	9
High °C	21	20	19	18	17	18	17	17	16	16	13	16	17	16	17	16	13	19	17	17	18	17
Low °C	20	19	18	18	16	17	16	16	15	14	12	15	16	15	16	16	11	15	17	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	21	20	19	18	16	17	16	16	15	15	11	15	16	14	16	15	11	19	16	16	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-
Sunset	6:02	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 W	0.3 NW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 WSW	1.6 W	1.1 W	1.4 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	10	10	12	12	10	11	11	12	14	9	12	12	12	16	16	15	14	9	11	7	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 NW	-	0.4 NW	0.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 NW	0.7 SW	-	0.4 NW	-	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	8	13	-	13	19	16	7	13	-	12	-	12	11	11	8	11	16	14	14	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 S	-	0.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.5 W	1.9 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 NW	-	1.8 W	1.9 WNW	-	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 W	1.4 W	-	0.6 NNW	0.8 NNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	5	-	4	6	7	6	7	7	-	13	12	-	12	11	10	9	8	6	-	4	4	9

	Saturday 11			Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tuesday 14
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 WNW	1.6 W	2.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.4 W	1.1 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	12	12	9	12	12	6	6	7	7	7	8	7	7	11	7	7	13	12	15
Energy(?)	368	247	261	230	215	261	153	123	305	442	500	474	578	1374	356	486	818	397	359	318	387	2426
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	off	off	off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	on
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	ebb	ebb	ebb	low	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:50PM 2.51				5:25AM 2.37				5:56PM 2.60
Low Tide / height (m)				11:00PM 1.02				11:48AM 1.20					12:11AM 1.06				12:47PM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	11	4	14	21	4	1	-	-	-	1	5	12	5	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	20	22	20	20	19	16	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	16	18	18	17	16	14	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	20	22	20	20	19	15	20	19	18	17	17	17	17	15	17	17	16	15	13	12	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.9 WSW	2.1 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	8	11	11	11	10	10	13	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 NW	0.5 SW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 NW	-	0.1 W	0.1 SW	1.0 W	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	13	9	13	13	-	15	14	13	-	18	20	7	18	17	16	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 S	-	-	0.3 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 WNW	1.6 W	2.0 W	1.6 NW	1.4 W	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	5	-	-	4	3	9	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7

	Saturday 11											Sunday 12
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	10	10	9	12	12	8	8	8	12	8	8	4	4	12
Energy(?)	378	327	368	329	418	409	337	226	199	196	191	158	158	26	26	25	139	22	22	45	45	171
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	on	on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					4:36PM 2.13													5:26AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)												11:02PM 1.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	2	1	1	-
High °C	20	21	20	21	22	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	20	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	19
Chill °C (?)	20	21	20	21	22	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	20	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:59	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	7	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	9	12	12	12	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	5	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4