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 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	3	0	2	2	0	1	2	0	2	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	1	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 SW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	12	9	12	11	13	12	14	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	777	1449	1254	1017	192	382	248	165	113	163	150	219	327	313	903	995	1347	773	499	82	184	485
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)		10:16AM 3.12		10:38PM 3.37	10:53AM 3.44		11:11PM 3.13	11:24AM 3.15		11:44PM 3.13	11:57AM 3.09		12:17AM 3.08	12:30PM 2.98		12:51AM 2.97	12:56PM 2.75	1:04PM 3.12	1:23AM 3.15		1:35PM 2.79	1:57AM 2.60
Low Tide / height (m)		4:07AM 0.25	4:29PM 0.33		4:47AM 0.35	5:04PM 0.10		5:20AM 0.18	5:38PM 0.12		5:55AM 0.23	6:10PM 0.20		6:29AM 0.33	6:39PM 0.30		6:57AM 0.44		7:21PM 0.67	7:40AM 0.63		7:48PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	3	1	-
High °C	14	17	17	15	18	17	15	17	18	17	18	18	16	17	18	18	19	20	18	19	18	15
Low °C	14	15	16	14	15	16	15	16	17	16	16	17	15	16	17	16	17	19	15	17	17	14
Chill °C (?)	12	17	17	15	18	17	15	17	17	17	18	18	16	17	18	18	19	20	18	19	18	15
Sunrise	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 SW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	9	14	13	13	14	13	13	12	9	12	11	13	12	11	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.5 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 S	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 W	0.4 SW	0.2 S	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.7 WSW	-	0.8 WSW	0.8 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.4 S	0.8 N	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	14	6	9	9	-	-	5	15	12	12	-	-	4	14	-	16	6	6	6	5	6	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.7 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 NNW	0.6 W	0.3 N	0.5 N	-	-	0.9 N	0.7 N	1.0 N	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	5	4	3	-	-	-	3	3	4	2	4	-	-	5	5	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 01								Thursday 02								Friday 03
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1260	1628	1018	1049	1079	1420	1254	1133	1047	1017	1185	1089	695	610	141	506	502	243	243	243	210	237
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	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	high
High Tide / height (m)	10:00PM 2.98					10:16AM 3.12				10:37PM 3.08				10:51AM 3.16				11:12PM 3.41				11:16AM 3.06
Low Tide / height (m)				4:10AM 0.41				4:29PM 0.14				4:45AM 0.19				5:04PM 0.10				5:20AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	14	15	17	17	16	15	15	14	14	15	17	17	16	15	14	14	14	16	18
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	14	15	17	17	16	15	15	14	14	15	17	17	16	15	14	14	14	15	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	9	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.2 S	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.1 N	0.4 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.2 S	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 S	0.2 W
Period (s)	14	15	13	7	13	5	9	9	9	9	12	12	9	9	-	13	4	4	4	4	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.1 SSE	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	-	5	4	4	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3

	Tuesday 31				Wednesday 01
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14
Energy(?)	1267	1353	692	700	718	1628	1628	1679	1561	1568	2051	2172	1458	1457	530	1446	1700	957	943	1274	943	1495
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)				10:01PM 3.28												10:16AM 3.12
Low Tide / height (m)										4:07AM 0.25												4:21PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	17	17	16	15
Chill °C (?)	14	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	17	17	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	-
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	5	-	-	-	9	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	-	-	0.2 ESE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	-	1.0 SSE	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	0.7 SE	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.7 SE	-
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	2	7	7	7	-	6	-	-	5	5	-	5	-	-	-	4	4	-