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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	Fri		Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Fri
	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	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki
Rating	4	4	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	5	0	0	5	4	4	3	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	14	13	18	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1193	1020	690	626	97	315	318	222	201	145	221	37	428	2419	3055	4680	2167	1618	1137	644	399	233
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	4:31PM 2.73		5:05AM 2.37	5:36PM 2.53		6:17AM 2.42	6:35PM 2.48		7:13AM 2.45		7:36PM 2.77	8:15AM 2.82		8:11PM 2.46	9:36AM 2.43		9:03PM 2.59	9:40AM 3.08		9:56PM 3.00	10:24AM 2.78
Low Tide / height (m)		10:56PM 1.04	11:16AM 0.80		12:02AM 0.75	12:26PM 0.88		12:59AM 0.75		1:21PM 0.85	1:56AM 0.93		2:15PM 0.82	2:25AM 0.63		2:59PM 0.73	3:15AM 0.57		3:47PM 0.76		4:10AM 0.51	4:16PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	30	-	-	-	2	3	8	3	1
High °C	20	15	20	22	15	19	19	17	19	20	18	24	20	18	17	17	14	15	14	14	17	18
Low °C	18	14	19	22	13	19	19	17	17	19	18	21	18	15	17	16	13	14	14	13	16	17
Chill °C (?)	20	14	20	22	14	19	19	17	19	20	18	24	20	17	16	16	13	14	13	14	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-
Sunset	8:43	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	14	13	12	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.2 S	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.1 N	0.2 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.7 W	1.6 NW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 SSE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	8	7	15	14	5	14	14	4	16	15	13	7	18	9	7	11	11	5	10	11	10	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.5 NNW	-	0.8 N	1.4 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.6 NW	1.8 NNW	1.9 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	6	7	3	-	3	-	4	-	4	6	5	4	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Friday 12			Saturday 13								Sunday 14								Monday 15
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1165	1192	1206	1001	1056	1155	1100	830	626	605	538	503	624	533	82	314	318	269	263	218	219	268
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	on	on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:36PM 2.96				5:13AM 2.43				5:34PM 2.51				6:08AM 2.36				6:36PM 2.75
Low Tide / height (m)				11:04PM 0.71				11:27AM 0.84				11:55PM 1.01				12:24PM 0.86				12:58AM 0.99	1:10AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	18	15	15	15	18	20	22	22	18	18	16	15	20	19	19	19	18	17	16	14
Chill °C (?)	16	17	18	14	14	14	18	20	22	22	18	18	16	15	20	19	19	19	18	17	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	1.0 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 S	0.1 NW	0.2 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 W
Period (s)	8	15	15	7	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	5	14	7	14	14	13	13	4	13	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	-	2.1 SW	1.4 SSE	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNW	0.3 E	0.4 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.6 NNW	-	0.4 NNW	0.5 N
Period (s)	6	-	8	7	7	7	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	4	4	-	4	4

	Friday 12										Saturday 13
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13
Energy(?)	1223	1389	2253	1286	1271	1454	1439	1096	994	994	897	897	1066	755	144	715	732	711	842	690	795	809
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				4:35PM 2.63													5:11AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	22	22	19	18	18	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	12	11	14	14	15	14	18	16	20
Chill °C (?)	16	22	22	18	17	17	15	13	14	14	14	14	14	11	9	13	12	14	12	18	15	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.1 NW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	8	14	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	13	13	13	13	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	0.2 NNW	-	1.3 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.2 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 W	0.2 S	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	13	15	-	8	15	15	15	8	15	15	15	15	7	7	8	7	15	15	15	15	15	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	-	2.5 WSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	-	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	-
Period (s)	5	-	14	6	6	8	8	6	-	-	-	-	7	-	3	3	3	3	6	3	5	-