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 29			Monday 30			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	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	3	4	4	4	2	3	3	2	3	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 WNW	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	2.2 NW	2.3 NW	1.1 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	12	11	14	14	13	12	11	10	11	10	13	14	13	14	9	9	15	11
Energy(?)	865	368	353	265	155	277	497	95	176	964	1923	856	326	825	695	375	356	110	1442	1024	1174	1781
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:16PM 2.99	2:58AM 2.78		3:10PM 2.57	3:49AM 2.59		4:52PM 2.78		5:23AM 2.54	6:07PM 2.39		6:42AM 2.52		7:30PM 2.49	8:03AM 3.08		8:24PM 2.83	8:49AM 3.05		9:13PM 2.97	9:33AM 3.16
Low Tide / height (m)			8:46PM 0.45	9:10AM 0.55		9:37PM 0.60	10:29AM 0.77		11:03PM 1.13	11:53AM 0.83		12:14AM 0.76		1:16PM 0.75	1:38AM 0.69		2:07PM 0.55	2:38AM 0.64		3:04PM 0.52	3:24AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	9	8	5	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	21	18	18	19	21	19	16	16	17	20	18	18	21	21	19	20	20	21	20	19	18	16
Low °C	17	18	17	17	20	16	16	15	16	18	18	17	19	19	18	20	20	20	19	18	15	15
Chill °C (?)	21	18	18	19	21	19	15	16	16	20	17	17	21	21	19	20	20	21	20	19	18	14
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35
Sunset	-	7:30	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 N	0.4 SW	3.0 NNW	2.5 N	2.0 NW	1.9 WNW	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	2.2 NW	0.7 WSW	1.1 NNW	0.5 NNW
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	12	11	7	14	11	10	11	10	11	10	13	14	13	14	9	12	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.6 N	0.4 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.7 SSE	1.1 SW	0.3 W	0.7 SW	1.8 NW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	-	0.9 WSW	1.1 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	1.7 N	0.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	-
Period (s)	12	5	4	11	11	5	14	16	13	12	13	16	-	14	9	8	7	7	8	16	15	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 N	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 NNE	-	0.9 ESE	-	0.7 E	0.7 NE	2.5 N	1.4 N	-	0.9 N	0.9 NNE	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.6 NW	-	2.3 NW	1.4 WNW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	4	-	-	4	5	-	5	-	4	4	8	7	-	6	5	5	5	4	-	9	10	11

	Tuesday 24							Wednesday 25								Thursday 26
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	15	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	716	731	617	832	686	546	501	266	204	260	214	217	203	240	260	253	369	336	497	604	560	528
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	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	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:57AM 3.32				2:12PM 2.81				2:53AM 3.11				3:10PM 2.57				3:49AM 2.59	4:03AM 2.75				4:47PM 2.62
Low Tide / height (m)			8:22AM 0.38				8:43PM 0.42				9:17AM 0.60				9:45PM 0.64					10:28AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	4	5	4	1
Temp. °C	17	17	17	21	22	20	17	18	17	17	18	19	20	19	19	18	17	16	16	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	21	22	20	17	18	17	17	18	19	20	19	19	17	16	15	15	15	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 N	1.2 N	1.6 N	2.0 N	2.4 N
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	7	7	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	4	4	12	4	4	4	4	4	11	11	5	5	17	17	15	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 NNE	0.9 NE	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	3	4	5	4	6	5	5	4	5

	Tuesday 24
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	763	721	635	948	949	847	1157	632	631	721	712	832	716	578	534	363	600	387	351	346	291	286
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:57AM 3.32													2:22PM 2.90
Low Tide / height (m)								8:19AM 0.67												8:37PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	17	15	15	15	17	17	17	17	17	21	21	18	18	18	21	17	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	18	18	17	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	21	21	18	18	18	21	17	17	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	16	11	11	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	10	4	4	5	5	5	12	12	12	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-