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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	Thu		Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thu
	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	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	4	0	0	3	0	0	9	5	0	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	1.9 W	3.0 W	2.3 WSW	2.3 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	0.7 SSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 W	1.1 W	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	6	7	8	8	10	14	14	9	10	14	13	14	13	13	12	6	6	11	10	9	9	12
Energy(?)	254	270	365	595	1707	2193	2008	1916	2300	6563	9993	393	1939	908	530	256	235	1587	2041	2516	686	1233
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:50PM 2.00	8:15AM 2.03		8:36PM 2.23	8:59AM 2.24		9:16PM 2.45	9:37AM 2.43		9:53PM 2.64	10:15AM 2.59		10:07PM 3.51	10:36AM 3.60		10:52PM 3.76	11:15AM 3.64		11:25PM 3.37	11:56AM 3.58
Low Tide / height (m)		2:16AM 0.60		2:32PM 0.51	2:59AM 0.36		3:12PM 0.29		3:37AM 0.15	3:49PM 0.11		4:13AM -0.03	4:06PM 0.14		4:28AM 0.08	4:45PM 0.07		5:09AM 0.05			5:51AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	20	1	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	8	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	16	17	14	12	12	11	11	12	10	11	12	10	12	13	13	13	12	12	13	12
Low °C	14	12	14	14	12	11	10	10	11	10	6	7	10	8	10	10	12	13	11	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	14	11	15	16	12	9	9	8	7	9	8	10	11	10	11	11	10	10	9	9	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:28	-
Sunset	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	1.6 W	0.5 SW	-	1.5 NW	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	3.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.3 S	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	8	14	-	7	-	-	-	9	14	9	13	13	12	11	11	21	19	13	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SSE	-	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 W	0.1 SW	-	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	10	9	14	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	14	10	-	21	12	23	18	-	13	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.5 W	0.8 NNW	1.9 W	3.0 W	2.3 WSW	2.3 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.7 W	1.1 W	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	4	8	10	14	14	9	10	14	13	-	-	-	-	6	6	11	10	9	-	-

	Thursday 04			Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.9 W	2.5 WNW	2.1 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	13	14	13	13	13	9	10	13	13
Energy(?)	1184	263	278	270	302	440	365	486	595	1619	707	1857	1958	3866	2193	2848	3198	3718	568	1433	3802	3953
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	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	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:50PM 2.00				8:15AM 2.03				8:36PM 2.23				8:40AM 3.09
Low Tide / height (m)	1:06PM 0.77				2:16AM 0.60				2:32PM 0.51				2:32AM 0.67				2:49PM 0.52					3:11AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	14	12	12	13	12	14	16	17	14	14	12	12	12	11	12	11	10	8	7	11	11
Chill °C (?)	11	12	10	10	11	10	12	15	16	12	12	10	9	9	8	9	8	6	8	5	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	1.5 W	0.4 SW	1.6 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	2.0 W	0.1 S	1.9 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	1.5 NW	-	-	-	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	-	-
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	7	14	8	14	14	9	16	9	-	13	7	-	-	-	9	10	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	1.3 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	9	9	15	9	14	8	8	8	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	14	14	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	0.8 NNW	1.8 W	0.8 NNW	1.7 W	1.9 W	2.5 WNW	2.1 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.3 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.6 S	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	6	7	7	4	8	4	8	8	8	9	9	10	9	14	13	13	13	4	-	13	13

	Thursday 04											Friday 05
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.0 WSW	2.1 WNW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 W	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	14	8	14	14	14	14	8	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1367	311	254	257	258	263	268	273	278	282	266	270	643	907	691	691	858	858	440	476	1067	1067
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								7:50PM 2.00												7:46AM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)														1:45AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	13	14	14	14	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	0.4 SW	1.3 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 W
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	8	8	14	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	0.1 S	-	-	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.2 S	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	-	-	14	14	9	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	2.1 WNW	1.6 W	1.6 W	-	-	1.8 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	-	-	-