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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	Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Sat
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	3	4	2	0	0	0	4	1	2	2	2	2	3	0	4	4	0	0	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 S	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSW	3.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 W	2.4 W	0.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	14	14	12	12	10	11	11	10	6	8	7	12	11	11	10	9	8	7
Energy(?)	707	796	980	282	1439	618	2503	2150	817	498	355	330	155	376	181	3241	1688	1992	1160	174	543	309
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)		5:12PM 2.60		5:49AM 2.81	6:10PM 3.01		6:46AM 2.76		7:19PM 2.84	7:54AM 3.09		8:35PM 2.36	9:07AM 2.40		9:29PM 2.48	9:39AM 3.20		9:59PM 3.27	10:24AM 3.32		10:51PM 3.32	11:13AM 3.36
Low Tide / height (m)	10:52AM 0.76		11:35PM 0.88	12:01PM 0.93		12:35AM 0.75	12:59PM 0.70		1:40AM 0.34		2:21PM 0.43	3:03AM 0.23		3:28PM 0.26	3:52AM 0.13		3:58PM 0.34		4:10AM -0.03	4:43PM 0.20		5:00AM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	8	5	-	-	-	-	1	7	5	6	5	2	4	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	15	23	19	18	17	19	14	19	19	18	19	20	18	16	15	15	17	17	17	19
Low °C	18	17	14	19	18	16	16	17	12	18	17	17	18	20	16	15	13	13	16	17	16	17
Chill °C (?)	19	19	14	23	18	17	16	19	13	19	19	18	19	20	18	15	14	14	16	16	17	19
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	8:25	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WNW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 W	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSW	3.5 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 W	2.4 W	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.2 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	14	7	12	12	10	11	11	10	8	8	7	12	11	11	10	9	11	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 W	0.4 NW	1.1 W	0.4 W	0.9 NW	0.6 WSW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.2 WSW	0.5 SW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.5 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	6	8	14	15	7	10	8	8	8	13	10	8	16	12	9	18	10	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.3 NNW	-	-	-	1.6 W	-	-	0.3 ESE	1.1 S	1.8 NNW	-	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.9 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	7	-	-	2	6	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	8	-

	Saturday 29							Sunday 30								Monday 01
	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki
Rating	2	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.0 W	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	13	14	14	14	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	488	600	707	773	758	778	975	807	1087	1203	1306	628	364	607	309	984	1311	2491	962	2640	4162	885
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
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	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:46AM 2.40				5:13PM 2.94				5:49AM 2.81				6:32PM 2.11				6:46AM 2.76
Low Tide / height (m)				11:01AM 1.01				11:34PM 0.61				12:29PM 0.68				12:41AM 0.48				12:59PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	18	19	18	17	15	13	15	15	19	22	16	18	18	16	15	16	18	16	17	17
Chill °C (?)	14	14	17	19	17	16	14	13	15	15	19	22	15	17	18	15	14	15	18	15	16	17
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.1 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WNW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.0 W	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W
Period (s)	9	9	11	11	9	11	11	11	11	14	13	14	14	-	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.1 N	0.8 WNW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.7 NW	0.1 N	0.4 NW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	0.3 W	1.0 NW	-	-	0.7 NW
Period (s)	10	12	9	9	13	9	6	9	15	9	12	8	15	14	-	7	7	16	7	-	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 WSW	-	-	1.7 WSW	-	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	0.5 W	0.6 NNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	11	-	6	-	-	-	9	5	3	14	8	-	-	-	-	-	12	-

	Saturday 29
	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki
Rating	2	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 W	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 W
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	6	6	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	436	537	554	554	600	600	795	552	769	780	772	1029	292	447	413	761	778	823	470	989	975	427
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				4:51AM 2.76													5:13PM 2.94
Low Tide / height (m)											11:11AM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	18	18	18	17	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	18	18	17	16	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	15	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 W	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WNW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 W
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	6	6	11	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.9 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	1.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 N	0.8 WNW	0.1 N	0.7 NW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	12	12	9	9	9	9	6	8	8	8	8	13	9	13	9	6	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	-	1.3 W	0.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	10	6	5	6	-	-	11	6	6	6	11	-	7	5	7	6	-