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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	Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thu
	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	Graveyards Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	4	4	0	4	4	0	4	1	0	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 W	0.6 WSW	0.9 W
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	13	14	13	14	15	15	14	14	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	4	11	8
Energy(?)	1028	2115	1630	995	1412	1226	952	1503	531	715	783	841	772	594	739	472	243	304	157	34	87	160
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	11:13AM 2.64		10:42PM 2.84	11:00AM 2.96		11:36PM 2.34	11:39AM 3.14		12:02AM 3.14	12:18PM 2.91		12:27AM 2.71	12:54PM 2.81		1:13AM 2.65		1:37PM 2.75	1:55AM 2.55		2:16PM 2.65	2:42AM 2.44
Low Tide / height (m)		5:24PM 0.88		4:49AM 0.35	5:22PM 0.69		5:33AM 0.52	5:55PM 0.49		6:06AM 0.44	6:24PM 0.53		6:42AM 0.50		7:12PM 0.63	7:25AM 0.59		7:55PM 0.70	8:09AM 0.68		8:43PM 0.73	8:55AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	13	17	17	14	18	18	14	17	19	13	17	19	16	23	21	18	22	20	16	18
Low °C	16	16	12	16	16	14	16	17	13	16	17	12	16	18	15	21	19	17	20	18	15	18
Chill °C (?)	16	15	13	17	16	14	18	18	14	16	19	11	17	19	16	23	21	18	22	20	15	18
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.2 S	0.6 WSW	0.9 W
Period (s)	8	14	13	13	14	13	14	15	15	14	14	13	8	7	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.9 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.3 WNW	-	0.1 N	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.1 N	-	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 SW	0.1 N	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	8	8	7	12	7	6	13	6	8	-	12	12	12	11	-	4	15	14	13	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	1.7 WSW	-	-	0.7 S	-	-	0.2 N	-	0.7 W	0.4 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	11	-	-	4	-	-	3	-	4	3	-

	Thursday 20							Friday 21								Saturday 22
	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	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Arawhata Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 WNW	0.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	2.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	1.2 W
Period(s) (?)	9	11	13	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	15	16
Energy(?)	83	82	1028	767	1603	458	1629	1641	1119	1436	1314	546	957	975	1253	1226	1130	1132	1320	662	1141	708
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:26AM 2.94				10:46PM 2.88				11:00AM 2.96				11:21PM 2.87				11:36AM 2.94
Low Tide / height (m)		5:04AM 0.81				4:55PM 0.32				4:54AM 0.36				5:17PM 0.60				5:30AM 0.39				5:49PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	17	18	17	14	14	13	14	19	19	18	16	15	15	14	14	17	19	18	17
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	17	17	17	14	14	13	14	19	19	18	15	15	15	14	14	17	19	18	17
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.4 WSW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	1.2 W
Period (s)	9	11	8	8	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.3 WNW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	0.9 NW	0.5 SW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	12	9	13	15	8	13	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	12	7	7	5	6	6	-	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 20
	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	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Arawhata Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.2 NW	1.0 NW	1.3 NW	0.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 W	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	8	8	11	14	14	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	14
Energy(?)	58	71	327	186	456	82	990	1762	1028	1683	1460	767	1460	1779	2115	2088	2142	2006	1996	859	1288	824
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)										10:31AM 2.96												10:39PM 2.84
Low Tide / height (m)				4:14AM 0.35												4:43PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	16	16	16	17	16	15	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	17	17	18	15	15	15	16	16	14	14	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.2 NW	1.0 NW	1.3 NW	0.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.5 W
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	11	14	14	8	14	15	8	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WNW	0.9 NW	1.1 W	1.4 WNW	0.1 N	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	11	12	13	13	11	9	11	8	13	8	8	15	7	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	-	-	0.9 W	-	-	0.9 NW	-	-	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	8	-	-	8	-	-	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-