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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	Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thu
	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	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	2	2	0	1	2	0	2	2	3	4	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 S	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	13	12	11	13	12	14	13	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	192	382	431	165	62	160	149	221	225	393	740	791	980	440	402	131	173	143	325	439	615	302
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	10:51AM 3.16		11:05PM 3.11	11:16AM 3.06		11:45PM 3.41	11:59AM 3.35		12:09AM 3.00	12:31PM 3.25		12:42AM 2.90	12:56PM 2.75	1:39PM 2.54	1:58AM 2.57		1:42PM 2.67	2:02AM 2.99		2:24PM 2.78	2:50AM 2.81
Low Tide / height (m)		5:04PM 0.10		5:13AM 0.17	5:30PM 0.11		5:56AM 0.43	6:10PM 0.20		6:29AM 0.55	6:47PM 0.50		6:57AM 0.44		7:56PM 0.89	7:41AM 0.63		7:58PM 0.85	8:20AM 0.79		8:41PM 1.03	9:16AM 1.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	2	4	3	-
High °C	18	18	15	17	20	17	17	17	16	18	19	17	19	20	18	18	16	18	18	19	17	18
Low °C	15	16	13	15	17	16	16	16	15	17	18	16	17	18	16	16	16	16	18	17	15	16
Chill °C (?)	18	18	15	17	20	17	17	17	16	18	19	17	19	20	18	18	15	17	17	19	17	18
Sunrise	7:35	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45
Sunset	-	7:15	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 S	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 N	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	11	12	11	13	12	11	13	15	14	13	13	12	12	6	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.3 S	0.2 S	-	0.1 N	0.3 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.6 S	0.3 N	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.7 N	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 N	0.5 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	15	13	12	-	13	4	14	5	5	5	5	5	5	16	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.6 W	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	1.1 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 N	-	0.7 N	0.3 NNE	0.9 N	0.8 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	3	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	5	4	4	5

	Thursday 02					Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sun
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	3	0	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	5	5	11	11	11	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	694	558	141	572	501	241	243	245	281	135	98	230	153	108	110	252	258	175	225	259	233	225
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		10:51AM 3.16				11:12PM 3.41				11:27AM 3.42				12:20AM 2.75				11:59AM 3.35				12:17AM 3.37
Low Tide / height (m)				4:56PM 0.09				5:20AM 0.18				5:30PM 0.11				5:56AM 0.22				6:13PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	18	18	16	15	15	14	14	15	17	17	17	15	14	14	16	17	17	17	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	16	18	18	16	15	15	14	14	15	17	17	17	15	13	13	16	17	17	17	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	0.2 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	15	-	14	13	12	12	15	14	14	13	3	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.2 N	-	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	5	5	4	-	3	3	-	-	-

	Thursday 02	Friday 03
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	3	0	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	705	694	192	867	721	444	382	571	632	382	382	572	501	92	90	384	382	241	241	243	243	214
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				10:42AM 3.07													11:13PM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)											5:05PM 0.28
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	14	15	15	17	19	17	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	17	19	17	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Sunrise	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	12	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	12	12	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-