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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	Sun	Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22
	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	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	0	3	2	2	3	2	3	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	3	4	4	4	0	0	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	3.5 SSW	2.1 S	1.0 S	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.9 W	0.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	1.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	10	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	18	16	6	15	8	8	8	8	13	13	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1148	2250	1051	390	893	622	486	419	449	421	437	333	407	1084	831	1295	1423	950	1493	1561	1826	1280
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)		10:14AM 2.92		10:22PM 2.78	10:44AM 3.43		11:27PM 2.44	11:16AM 3.14		12:16AM 2.76	12:15PM 2.70		12:34AM 2.60	12:50PM 2.73		12:56AM 3.17		1:03PM 3.38	1:34AM 3.10		1:43PM 3.04	2:11AM 2.96
Low Tide / height (m)	3:58AM 0.48		4:22PM 0.41		4:38AM 0.50	5:13PM 0.22		5:04AM 0.16	5:28PM 0.10		6:08AM 0.03	6:30PM -0.04		6:41AM 0.00	6:51PM 0.01		6:57AM 0.09		7:29PM 0.08	7:46AM 0.22		8:07PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	17	16	19	19	16	19	20	17	19	20	19	19	19	17	20	21	16	18	20	14
Low °C	14	14	15	14	18	19	14	18	19	13	18	19	18	18	18	15	18	19	15	16	18	12
Chill °C (?)	15	12	16	15	19	19	16	19	20	17	18	20	19	18	19	16	20	21	15	18	20	14
Sunrise	-	6:47	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:12	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	-	2.1 S	1.0 S	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 SW	0.8 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	13	-	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	15	18	16	15	13	8	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 S	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.1 S	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	10	-	12	11	18	16	4	22	20	18	11	7	11	11	7	9	8	13	16	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 SSW	1.2 W	1.6 WNW	-	1.0 W	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	0.9 W	1.9 W	1.3 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	0.7 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	6	5	-	6	4	-	-	-	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	6	-	-	-	-

	Sun	Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	0	4	3	4	4	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 S	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	0.6 S	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	10	12	12	9	6	6	6	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	21
Energy(?)	2019	1857	1453	2157	940	1753	1051	1302	1274	311	333	335	297	98	614	554	594	366	568	546	516	251
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:52PM 2.70					10:27AM 2.86				11:05PM 2.60				11:09AM 2.48				11:01PM 3.15				11:19AM 3.21
Low Tide / height (m)			3:56AM 0.46					4:16PM 0.42				5:02AM 0.24				5:02PM 0.24				5:12AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	14	14	15	16	15	16	15	14	14	14	18	21	20	19	16	18	17	17	18	20
Chill °C (?)	15	15	13	14	14	16	14	16	15	13	13	13	18	21	20	19	16	18	17	17	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.2 W	1.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 S	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	21	12	12	10	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.1 W	-	0.2 W	1.0 S	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 W
Period (s)	9	9	22	-	21	11	12	20	20	8	11	11	11	11	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 W	-	-	1.4 WNW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	-	0.4 NNW	0.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	8	8	6	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 15				Monday 16
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	0	4	3	4	4	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.5 S	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	13	13	10	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2210	2183	1337	1845	1317	2818	2183	1936	1963	2331	1891	1721	1702	2151	1571	1570	1259	1753	1805	1804	1480	679
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			9:50PM 2.67													10:16AM 2.93
Low Tide / height (m)									3:49AM 0.47	4:36AM 0.89												4:18PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	15	13	15	14	12	16	16	13	13	13	13	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	12	14	13	9	15	15	11	10	10	10	12	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.5 S	0.1 W	0.2 W	-	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.2 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	22	22	-	11	11	11	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	1.6 SSE	0.2 S	0.1 W	0.1 S	1.5 SSE	0.6 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.2 W	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.3 W	-
Period (s)	12	9	10	23	10	10	13	22	22	-	13	-	-	-	11	11	21	11	11	11	20	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	-	-	1.1 S	-	1.7 WSW	0.7 W	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.5 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.5 SSW	-	-	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	1.5 W
Period (s)	9	-	-	5	-	13	9	13	13	10	6	6	6	10	-	-	9	8	-	-	-	12