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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	Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wed
	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	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	0	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	3	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 W	2.1 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	14	14	14	11	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	13
Energy(?)	220	151	155	454	351	329	1157	1070	780	502	741	472	493	396	140	1047	1990	1553	1047	1039	1117	407
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:19PM 2.65	3:58AM 2.65		4:37PM 2.45		5:35AM 2.69	6:15PM 2.77		6:55AM 2.77		7:23PM 2.69	7:58AM 2.91		9:04PM 2.46	8:49AM 3.05		9:33PM 2.78	9:58AM 2.38		9:52PM 2.89	10:28AM 3.08
Low Tide / height (m)			9:45PM 0.64	10:29AM 0.77		10:52PM 0.75	11:52AM 1.02		12:27AM 1.00		1:12PM 0.90	1:41AM 0.84		2:15PM 0.71	3:18AM 0.93		3:25PM 0.40	3:41AM 0.37		4:21PM 0.22	3:58AM 0.24	4:20AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	8	18	7	3	2	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	18	16	17	19	20	20	19	21	20	18	20	21	19	19	18	16	16	16	15	16
Low °C	18	19	15	15	17	17	18	19	18	19	19	17	19	20	18	19	17	14	14	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	20	20	18	15	16	19	20	20	19	21	20	18	20	21	19	18	17	14	16	16	13	15
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33
Sunset	-	7:29	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 N	1.8 N	3.0 N	0.7 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.1 N	0.4 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.0 W
Period (s)	12	12	7	8	10	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	13	13	10	13	17	11	6	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	0.5 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.1 N	0.7 S
Period (s)	4	5	12	14	14	14	13	13	9	15	14	13	7	6	13	19	-	-	16	7	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 E	1.2 E	0.7 ESE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNW	0.6 NNE	0.8 N	0.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	-	-	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	5	4	5	-	-	-	-	7	4	4	6	10	10	9	9	-	-	3

	Wednesday 25							Thursday 26								Friday 27
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	4	4	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 SW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	10
Energy(?)	204	260	214	200	235	214	209	234	162	327	454	361	351	246	157	256	1305	1234	399	280	810	1067
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:53AM 3.11				3:21PM 2.65					4:03AM 2.75				4:47PM 2.62				5:29AM 2.43				6:15PM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)			9:17AM 0.60				9:38PM 0.87					10:28AM 0.98				10:58PM 1.02				12:09PM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	5	10	8	5	2	4	1	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	17	17	18	20	20	18	18	17	15	15	15	16	17	17	16	17	17	18	21	21	19	20
Chill °C (?)	17	17	18	20	20	18	18	16	14	13	14	15	16	16	15	16	16	18	21	21	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.5 N	1.8 N	2.4 N	3.0 N	3.0 N	0.5 W	3.5 NNW	3.0 N	2.1 NW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	7	8	8	9	10	10	13	11	10	12	12	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 NNE	0.1 NW	0.6 N	0.1 W	0.5 N	0.7 SW	0.7 SSE	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 W	0.6 SW	2.1 NW	0.5 SW	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	4	4	4	11	5	19	6	11	6	15	14	14	14	14	16	13	12	13	4	4	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	0.7 NE	0.6 SSE	-	0.4 NE	0.9 E	0.5 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.5 ESE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	3.0 N	0.6 E	0.5 N	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	4	4	-	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	10	4	3	-	-

	Wednesday 25
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	4	4	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.7 S	0.9 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	4	12	12
Energy(?)	258	330	269	269	268	278	189	152	152	151	151	151	151	144	19	144	181	181	29	48	273	209
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:52AM 2.85
Low Tide / height (m)									9:15AM 0.81												9:37PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	17	17	15	18	17	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	17	17	18	16	18
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	17	17	15	18	16	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	16	17	18	15	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.1 NW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.2 W	0.5 N
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	11	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	-	5	5	6	19	18	18	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SSE	0.7 S	0.9 NE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	4	5	5	5	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4