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 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			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	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	2	3	0	4	4	0	4	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	0	3	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.7 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	6	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	273	472	461	1101	2237	1788	2012	381	1965	1753	1831	1430	753	859	371	299	226	280	505	350	207	238
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		12:47AM 3.36	12:54PM 2.99	1:36PM 2.69	1:13AM 2.89		1:28PM 2.82	1:55AM 2.79		2:06PM 2.68	2:28AM 2.56		2:44PM 2.42	3:14AM 2.38		3:49PM 2.44		5:06AM 2.19	4:47PM 2.11		5:42AM 2.17	6:20PM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)	6:45PM 0.36		6:52AM 0.23		7:10PM 0.25	7:27AM 0.39		7:50PM 0.42	8:12AM 0.88		8:21PM 0.61	8:45AM 0.78		9:04PM 0.81	9:35AM 0.97		10:03PM 1.10	11:31AM 1.36		11:15PM 1.06	12:06PM 1.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	13	19	20	15	18	19	16	18	18	15	19	19	18	19	19	17	19	20	16	21	22
Low °C	18	12	17	18	13	17	17	13	17	17	14	16	18	15	16	19	15	17	18	16	18	21
Chill °C (?)	18	13	19	20	15	17	19	15	18	18	14	19	19	18	19	19	17	19	20	16	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:18	-
Sunset	7:54	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:47
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 W	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	7	15	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	-	-	0.1 NW	0.7 SW	0.4 NW	0.9 SW	0.5 NW	1.0 S	0.4 NW	0.8 SSE	0.6 N	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	0.6 NW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	8	6	6	6	-	-	11	15	11	6	10	7	9	6	6	5	15	13	12	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 NNW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSE	-	1.1 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	6	6	4	6	5	8	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-

	Friday 06			Saturday 07								Sunday 08								Monday 09
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	0	0	2	2	2	3	3	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.7 SW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	7	14	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	284	287	368	299	494	558	663	644	901	894	1973	2237	2396	2349	2214	1770	1757	406	1997	1842	2134	2287
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	high-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)								1:00PM 3.05	1:01PM 3.33				1:13AM 2.89				1:29PM 2.98				1:49AM 2.74
Low Tide / height (m)		6:45PM 0.36				6:52AM 0.23					7:10PM 0.25				7:27AM 0.39				7:44PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	13	13	12	13	17	19	19	18	15	14	14	13	18	18	18	18	14	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	16	16	13	12	12	13	17	19	19	18	15	14	14	13	18	17	17	17	14	14	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.7 SW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	7	14	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.1 N	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.2 NNW	0.1 S	0.3 NW	0.5 SW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	16	12	6	15	6	6	6	13	10	10	6	-	-	6	6	-	11	15	11	5	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	0.7 NNW	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.5 W	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	6	6	-	5	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	5	5	5	5

	Friday 06	Saturday 07
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	0	0	2	2	2	3	3	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.8 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 W	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	6	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	283	283	418	319	412	357	363	326	333	212	459	472	480	487	494	591	596	235	566	655	663	663
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												12:39AM 3.01
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	19	17	16	15	16	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	16	16	13	14	16	17	18
Chill °C (?)	16	16	17	18	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	15	15	12	14	16	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	7	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 S	0.3 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 NW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	8	16	12	12	11	11	11	6	6	6	6	6	11	14	15	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	1.8 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	5	-	-	-	-