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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	Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tue
	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	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	The Fences Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	1	3	2	0	4	1	0	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	1	0	2	2	0	4	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	1.1 W	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.8 WSW	2.5 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	7	12	11	18	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	12	12	12	9	8	12
Energy(?)	265	375	396	463	645	238	581	1262	1400	570	862	947	1221	1090	115	446	504	428	212	1203	1018	359
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		3:31PM 3.02		4:09AM 2.63	4:48PM 2.85		5:30AM 2.53	6:09PM 2.43		7:13AM 2.93		7:49PM 2.43	8:20AM 3.12		8:47PM 2.69	9:33AM 2.25		9:32PM 2.84	9:55AM 3.10		10:14PM 2.93	10:33AM 3.16
Low Tide / height (m)			9:42PM 0.57	10:35AM 0.77		11:11PM 0.75	11:58AM 0.85		12:41AM 1.12		1:25PM 0.78	2:10AM 0.71		2:35PM 0.85	2:56AM 0.47		4:04PM 0.37	3:38AM 0.27		4:08PM 0.36		4:21AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	18	20	20	18	20	21	18	20	19	16	19	20	15	18	18	15	14	14	12	14
Low °C	17	18	17	19	19	17	19	19	17	18	19	15	17	19	13	17	17	11	11	13	11	13
Chill °C (?)	20	19	18	20	20	18	20	21	18	20	19	15	19	20	14	17	17	14	12	12	9	13
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	8:13	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 S	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	1.1 W	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.5 S	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	12	12	11	6	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	5	13	12	12	12	11	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	-	0.1 W	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 WSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.5 SW	0.1 N	0.3 N	0.1 N	0.4 SSW	0.3 NNW	1.1 SW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	8	16	20	18	9	8	7	-	21	4	-	17	7	6	14	15	5	13	9	13	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 W	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.6 SSW	1.3 S	0.3 SSE	1.0 S	0.6 ESE	0.3 N	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.8 SSE	-
Period (s)	7	6	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	3	7	7	6	4	3	3	5	4	9	8	-

	Tuesday 24					Wednesday 25								Thursday 26								Fri
	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	3	0	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	0	4	4	4	4	1	1	0	0	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.6 WSW	0.6 W	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	6	11	11	7	7	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	571	419	132	326	224	721	795	544	419	535	955	1101	1164	1171	1648	237	154	559	535	982	1190	1092
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	on	on	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	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)			3:38PM 2.19					4:09AM 2.63				4:47PM 2.46				5:26AM 1.93				6:15PM 2.64
Low Tide / height (m)	9:20AM 0.55				9:53PM 0.93					10:36AM 1.09				11:06PM 1.10				11:52AM 0.82				12:23AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	19	18	18	17	17	18	17	19	20	19	21	18	18	18	17	20	20	20	19	17	16
Chill °C (?)	17	19	18	18	17	17	18	17	19	20	19	21	18	18	18	16	20	20	20	19	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	6	6	11	7	7	7	9	18	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	0.1 S	0.3 W	0.4 W	-	-	0.4 NW	0.1 W
Period (s)	8	8	12	11	5	11	11	11	18	9	13	9	9	8	7	6	8	7	-	-	4	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	-	0.3 SE	0.1 N	-	0.5 N	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	7	7	-	7	7	-	3	-	-	8	8	5	5	5	5	-	-

	Tuesday 24																Wednesday 25
	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	3	0	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	0	4	4	4	4	1	1	0	0	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 W	1.6 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	7	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	6	7	20	19	7	11	11
Energy(?)	639	512	265	476	419	408	408	375	358	358	326	273	365	531	306	118	135	271	269	581	303	303
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									3:31PM 3.02												4:00AM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)			9:13AM 0.49												10:00PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	16	17	18	18	19	19	19	20	19	18	17	18	18	17	16	16	17	17	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	13	16	16	18	18	19	19	19	20	18	18	16	18	18	16	15	15	17	17	13	16	16
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.2 W	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	17	6	6	20	11	12	6	7	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 S	1.1 SW	0.1 NW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	8	6	6	16	21	21	11	11	16	5	5	6	5	20	19	18	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	0.4 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 SSE	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	1.6 SSE	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	6	11	11	-	4	11	11	5	-	3	-	-	7	7	7