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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	Wed		Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wed
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	4	4	0	1	0	0	2	4	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 W	0.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	18	16	16	7	7	8	9	9	12	8	14	15	9	14	13	12	12	6	20	11	17
Energy(?)	363	418	570	545	576	473	542	1234	1019	3643	850	1863	1942	1189	438	172	639	443	260	469	1116	1204
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		11:40PM 3.09	12:30PM 2.89		12:16AM 3.48	12:31PM 3.63		12:53AM 3.47		1:08PM 3.57	1:32AM 3.40		1:48PM 3.43	2:15AM 3.27		2:34PM 3.24	3:05AM 3.10		3:31PM 3.02		4:01AM 2.04	4:31PM 2.45
Low Tide / height (m)			6:23AM 0.63	6:10PM 0.29		6:25AM 0.28	6:49PM 0.29		7:04AM 0.36		7:29PM 0.37	7:46AM 0.50		8:11PM 0.51	8:33AM 0.69		8:57PM 0.71	9:29AM 0.91		9:53PM 0.93	10:26AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	17	18	19	17	19	19	15	18	16	14	17	19	17	20	20	16	19	21	16	17	20
Low °C	19	17	17	18	16	18	17	13	16	16	13	17	17	13	17	18	15	17	19	14	17	19
Chill °C (?)	19	16	17	18	16	18	18	13	17	15	12	16	18	16	20	20	15	19	21	15	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	8:21	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.5 SW	2.2 WSW	0.1 NW	2.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 S	1.2 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	16	16	15	14	16	14	9	12	13	14	9	9	14	8	12	12	8	7	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 N	0.2 W	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.1 WSW	0.2 N	0.5 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	1.0 WSW	0.9 W	0.5 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	20	18	11	11	10	18	9	9	13	8	16	9	11	14	8	13	8	8	12	11	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	-	2.3 WSW	2.3 W	-	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 W	-	1.6 SSE	1.4 S
Period (s)	-	4	6	7	7	7	8	9	-	12	8	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	7	7

	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19								Friday 20								Saturday 21
	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	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	20	11	5	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	9	9	9
Energy(?)	84	407	98	418	458	550	570	573	545	539	515	576	545	508	473	470	542	613	904	1234	743	1221
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				11:41PM 3.43				11:55AM 3.63				12:16AM 3.48				12:31PM 3.63				12:53AM 3.47
Low Tide / height (m)		5:34PM 0.09				5:48AM 0.29				6:10PM 0.29				6:25AM 0.28				6:49PM 0.29				6:57AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	17	16	16	16	18	19	19	17	15	15	14	13
Chill °C (?)	19	19	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	16	15	15	15	17	18	18	16	13	13	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54
Sunset	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	8	11	8	11	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	15	16	16	15	14	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.5 W	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 W	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 SW	0.1 N
Period (s)	11	20	19	18	11	11	11	11	11	14	11	10	10	9	18	9	9	9	9	9	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	1.1 W	1.4 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.6 S	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	7	-	5	4	5	6	6	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	9	5	9

	Wednesday 18	Thursday 19
	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	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 W	1.0 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	11	20	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	7	17
Energy(?)	67	386	84	431	406	404	402	402	400	411	430	418	433	444	458	508	524	550	568	542	380	958
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											11:41PM 3.43
Low Tide / height (m)					5:33PM 0.35												5:48AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	19
Chill °C (?)	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	8	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	11	20	11	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	6