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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	Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	3	2	3	3	3	0	2	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	0	3	2	2	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 W	1.4 SW	0.5 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	9	8	9	16	15	14	14	13	13	18	16	7	15	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	12
Energy(?)	1939	624	549	811	790	677	316	356	206	139	43	262	366	231	104	395	658	352	389	574	276	298
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	on	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:04PM 2.21		4:29AM 2.94	4:56PM 2.96		5:50AM 1.99	6:53PM 2.40		6:59AM 2.56		7:37PM 2.59	8:21AM 2.78		8:49PM 2.75	9:23AM 2.98		9:47PM 2.91	10:14AM 3.17		10:34PM 3.02	11:19AM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)			10:17PM 0.53	10:49AM 1.03		11:19PM 0.98	12:15PM 0.76		12:36AM 0.61		1:56PM 0.71	1:56AM 0.54		2:40PM 0.56	3:02AM 0.40		3:37PM 0.38	3:57AM 0.23		4:24PM 0.38		5:12AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	7
High °C	18	19	16	19	18	16	19	20	17	19	20	16	18	20	16	19	19	16	18	20	19	20
Low °C	17	18	14	18	18	15	18	19	16	18	18	15	18	20	14	18	18	15	17	19	18	19
Chill °C (?)	17	18	15	19	18	16	19	20	17	19	20	15	18	20	16	19	19	16	18	20	19	20
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	8:43	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:39	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.2 WSW	0.5 W	1.4 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 S	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	20	11	10	9	9	9	9	14	13	10	18	16	7	6	6	13	12	11	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.8 SW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	15	19	18	16	16	15	14	8	8	13	8	12	16	15	13	6	15	13	6	10	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSE	-	0.2 ESE	0.5 N	-	-	0.3 NW	-	-	0.7 NW
Period (s)	11	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	5	-	3	4	-	-	2	-	-	5

	Monday 26							Tuesday 27								Wednesday 28
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	3	4	4	2	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	2.1 W	1.8 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.6 W	1.7 WNW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	10	10	8	9	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	9
Energy(?)	2630	933	1023	1517	1375	1130	518	712	1066	1031	345	665	790	783	713	677	648	632	576	373	356	86
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	off	on	on	on	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:30AM 3.05				3:51PM 3.09					4:24AM 2.56				5:02PM 2.63				5:47AM 2.58				6:27PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)			9:41AM 0.51					10:50PM 1.02				10:52AM 0.71				11:32PM 0.64				12:01PM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	17	18	18	17	16	14	15	15	18	19	18	18	16	16	16	15	18	18	20	19
Chill °C (?)	14	14	16	17	17	16	15	13	15	15	18	19	18	18	16	16	16	15	18	18	20	19
Sunrise	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.6 S	1.8 W	1.4 NW	0.3 WSW	2.3 W	0.7 S	1.4 W	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	21	12	10	8	20	10	11	8	10	10	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	14	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.6 S	0.3 WSW	0.1 N	0.3 WSW	0.1 SW	0.6 S	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 S	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 W
Period (s)	14	21	12	20	16	19	19	10	18	18	10	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	8	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 W	2.1 W	1.4 WNW	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	-	1.6 W	1.7 WNW	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	10	9	10	10	-	9	8	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-

	Monday 26
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	0	3	3	0	0	0	2	3	4	4	2	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	11	9	9	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8
Energy(?)	2868	1250	1160	2433	2289	2248	933	1533	2503	2457	700	1521	1999	1671	1671	1533	1404	1377	1283	1005	970	593
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)			3:41AM 2.19												3:54PM 2.76
Low Tide / height (m)									9:42AM 0.57													10:17PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	15	16	16	16	15	16	16	17	18	18	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	15
Chill °C (?)	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	16	17	17	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.6 S	1.8 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.7 S	1.4 NW	0.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 W	0.7 S
Period (s)	22	12	12	21	21	21	12	10	20	20	11	8	20	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.6 S	-	-	0.1 SW	0.3 WSW	0.1 N	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	15	15	15	21	12	-	-	19	20	15	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	19	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 W
Period (s)	11	9	9	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	9	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8