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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	Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wed
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	1	2	3	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 NW	1.1 WNW	2.3 NW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 W	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.0 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	14	14	12	12	10	10	9	9	13	14	13	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	13
Energy(?)	214	144	165	437	513	256	347	1179	809	819	693	425	74	80	1102	2171	1869	1130	1595	2452	1086	1170
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)		3:19PM 2.65	3:58AM 2.65		4:47PM 2.62		5:25AM 2.54	6:10PM 2.61		6:50AM 2.05		7:23PM 2.69	7:58AM 2.91		8:52PM 2.03	9:07AM 2.81		9:41PM 2.21	9:58AM 2.38		10:01PM 3.28	10:17AM 3.41
Low Tide / height (m)			9:45PM 0.64	10:29AM 0.77		10:58PM 1.02	11:56AM 0.84		12:27AM 1.00		1:12PM 0.90	1:41AM 0.84		2:35PM 0.60	3:15AM 0.53		3:44PM 0.37	3:58AM 0.36		3:42PM 0.23		4:10AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	7	16	3	1	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	9	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	18	16	17	20	22	20	18	20	23	18	23	23	19	18	17	16	15	15	14	16
Low °C	18	18	15	15	16	18	21	19	18	18	19	17	18	21	18	18	16	15	15	15	13	15
Chill °C (?)	20	19	18	15	16	20	22	20	18	20	23	18	23	23	19	17	16	14	13	14	12	15
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37
Sunset	-	7:30	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSE	1.8 N	3.0 N	0.6 NW	1.1 WNW	2.3 NW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 W	0.9 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.8 WSW	3.0 W	0.5 WSW	0.1 S	0.7 WSW	0.5 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	5	8	10	12	12	10	10	9	9	13	7	7	13	11	18	21	15	15	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.4 N	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 SE	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	-	0.1 N	-	1.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	4	5	12	14	14	15	4	13	13	15	14	8	14	13	16	19	12	-	6	-	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 SE	-	0.7 SE	1.2 E	0.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 WNW	-	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	5	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	11	9	9	9	-	-

	Wednesday 25					Thursday 26								Friday 27								Sat
	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	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	3	2	1	1	2	4	2	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WNW	2.0 NW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	214	285	216	240	210	165	353	326	437	109	513	246	184	175	286	1192	347	302	311	782	825	809
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	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	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:19PM 2.65				4:00AM 2.65	4:03AM 2.75				4:47PM 2.62				5:29AM 2.43				5:58PM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)	9:17AM 0.60				9:38PM 0.87					10:23AM 0.67				11:09PM 0.86				12:09PM 0.85				12:32AM 1.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	8	7	3	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	18	20	20	20	18	18	16	15	15	15	16	17	18	18	20	18	21	22	24	20	18	18
Chill °C (?)	18	20	20	20	18	18	15	13	13	14	15	16	17	17	20	18	21	22	24	20	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSE	1.4 N	1.5 N	1.8 N	0.5 SW	3.0 N	3.0 N	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	0.8 WNW	2.0 NW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	5	7	8	8	14	10	10	11	11	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.1 NW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 S	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 NW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	4	11	5	6	6	12	11	15	14	4	14	14	13	13	11	13	4	4	-	13	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 NE	-	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	-	-	0.9 E	0.7 SE	0.5 ESE	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	3.0 N	-	0.3 N	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	3	4	-	-	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	9	-	3	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 25																Thursday 26
	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	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	3	2	1	1	2	4	2	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 S	0.7 SW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	4	12	5	5	17	12	16	16
Energy(?)	260	310	214	214	151	151	188	147	144	44	176	176	173	184	51	210	77	76	69	307	277	248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)									3:22PM 2.77													4:08AM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)			9:17AM 0.60												9:24PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2
High °C	17	17	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	18	18	18	17	17	18	19	17	17	17	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	17	17	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	18	18	18	16	16	18	19	17	17	17	15	14	14
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 SW	1.2 N	1.2 N
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	5	5	5	12	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.1 NW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 N	0.4 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.1 W	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.1 SW	0.5 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	4	11	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	19	5	6	6	6	18	6	17	17	17	17	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NE	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.8 S	0.6 SSE	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.2 NNE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	2	2	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	-	3	3	5	4	4