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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	Tue		Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tue
	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Rangiora Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki
Rating	2	0	0	2	1	1	2	2	0	2	0	0	4	4	2	0	0	0	4	3	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	1.3 NNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.4 SW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	6	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	11	11	10	15	14	13	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	327	170	82	177	110	107	110	86	426	498	491	649	1600	1117	216	1661	1090	1706	3648	1066	719	452
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:56AM 2.55		2:13PM 2.60	2:51AM 2.44		3:17PM 2.95	3:53AM 2.76		4:15PM 2.92		4:51AM 2.76	5:24PM 2.05		6:07AM 1.96	6:10PM 3.01		7:13AM 2.07		7:43PM 2.54	8:29AM 2.53
Low Tide / height (m)		7:56PM 0.70	8:01AM 0.65		8:48PM 0.75	8:52AM 0.73		9:43PM 1.03	10:02AM 1.04		10:38PM 0.98	11:01AM 1.01		12:03AM 0.61	12:29PM 0.68		1:12AM 0.50		1:37PM 0.56	2:11AM 0.83		2:41PM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	19	19	19	20	25	24	20	19	20	18	19	18	15	21	19	18	18	18	14	16	19
Low °C	21	16	18	19	18	22	21	19	19	19	15	19	16	14	19	17	15	16	17	12	15	18
Chill °C (?)	23	19	19	19	20	25	24	20	19	20	18	19	17	14	21	19	17	17	17	13	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-
Sunset	8:21	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:35
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	1.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	11	10	6	14	13	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	-	0.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 NW	1.3 WSW	0.5 SW	0.1 N	-	1.5 NW	1.1 NW	0.6 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	-	15	14	14	13	13	12	11	15	-	13	11	9	7	12	11	-	8	7	8	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.9 N	1.4 N	1.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.6 NW	-	-	1.5 WNW	-	-	1.6 WSW	1.8 W	-	0.9 NNW	2.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	5	6	6	3	3	4	-	-	8	-	-	11	7	-	8	7	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26								Thursday 27								Friday 28
	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	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.6 NW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	6	7	7	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	235	264	279	280	128	220	82	82	177	188	247	280	76	111	107	337	110	178	466	476	488	274
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- 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	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:32PM 2.96				2:01AM 2.53				2:24PM 3.04				2:51AM 1.99				3:17PM 2.08					4:28AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)			7:48PM 0.67				8:14AM 0.95				8:49PM 1.03				8:53AM 0.64				9:36PM 0.65	10:18PM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	20	20	16	14	17	15	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	22	19	22	21	20	20	19	19
Chill °C (?)	20	20	16	14	16	15	17	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	22	18	22	21	20	20	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47
Sunset	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.1 S	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.1 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	7	7	8	9	8	8	12	8	12	8	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	-	-	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 NW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 W
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	15	-	14	14	14	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	1.1 N	0.8 N	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.3 NNW	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	1.6 NW	0.6 NW	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	4	5	4	5	6	5	6	6	6	-	-	-	4	3	3	8	4	8	8	8	8	9

	Tuesday 25										Wednesday 26
	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	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	11	11	11	11	13	13	13
Energy(?)	247	319	327	327	193	322	185	199	199	184	189	170	22	23	24	220	26	26	26	27	27	27
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:32PM 2.96													2:02AM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)							7:58PM 0.98													8:49AM 1.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	23	23	19	21	20	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	20	21	22
Chill °C (?)	19	19	23	23	19	21	20	19	19	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	18	20	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	11	10	10	10	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	-	-	0.5 N	-	0.5 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	5	-	4	16	16	15	15	15	10	10	10	15	11	11	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.6 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	-	0.3 N	-	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.9 N	-	-	-	1.2 N	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	4	4	3	3	-	4	-	4	4	5	5	5	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	3	3	3