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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	Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tue
	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	Arawhata Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki
Rating	2	2	0	0	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	0	0	4	4	2	2	0	0	4	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	1.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	14	14	13	11	12	13	13
Energy(?)	302	327	161	84	61	423	107	87	399	371	212	383	589	947	864	379	365	1124	1941	1769	832	247
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:37PM 3.14	1:58AM 2.74		2:13PM 2.60	2:36AM 2.39		3:04PM 2.54	3:53AM 2.76		4:15PM 2.92		4:51AM 2.76	5:08PM 2.77		5:47AM 2.44	6:32PM 2.11		7:13AM 2.07		7:36PM 2.22	8:29AM 2.53
Low Tide / height (m)			7:53PM 0.88	8:14AM 0.95		8:37PM 0.72	8:52AM 0.73		9:43PM 1.03	10:02AM 1.04		10:47PM 0.67	11:01AM 1.01		12:10AM 1.03	11:57AM 0.69		12:35AM 0.75		1:37PM 0.56	2:11AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	23	19	19	21	19	24	25	20	19	19	19	19	18	13	21	22	18	17	17	13	21
Low °C	18	21	16	18	20	18	22	22	19	19	18	17	18	16	13	19	21	14	17	16	12	17
Chill °C (?)	19	23	19	19	21	19	24	25	20	19	19	19	18	17	12	21	22	18	16	16	11	21
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	8:21	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 W	-	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	9	8	8	8	8	-	8	9	11	11	7	14	13	11	12	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 W	-	0.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.7 W	0.4 WNW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	6	-	15	14	14	13	13	12	11	15	-	13	11	9	9	14	6	9	13	10	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 N	0.8 N	1.5 N	1.8 NNW	1.4 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.8 NW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	-	0.9 SW	-	-	-	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	5	6	6	8	3	4	8	8	8	-	-	6	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Paritutu and Ngamotu Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 NNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 NW	1.7 NW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 W	1.0 W	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	6	8	7	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	244	244	235	204	274	274	207	211	84	84	177	119	246	415	282	206	107	223	87	134	413	399
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off
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	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:32PM 2.96				1:47AM 2.47				2:24PM 3.04				3:31AM 2.34				3:17PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)	7:29AM 0.86				7:48PM 0.67				8:14AM 0.95				8:49PM 1.03				8:53AM 0.64				9:36PM 0.65	10:18PM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	20	20	16	13	14	15	18	19	19	22	18	18	18	16	22	19	25	21	20	20
Chill °C (?)	18	19	20	20	16	12	13	15	17	19	19	22	18	17	18	16	22	18	25	21	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	1.3 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 W	1.0 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	7	12	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.5 N	-	0.5 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.5 W	0.1 N	0.4 WNW	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	7	6	5	4	-	5	5	5	14	14	14	9	9	13	4	12	13	12	12	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.6 N	0.6 N	-	0.5 N	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	1.5 N	1.4 N	1.3 NNW	0.9 WNW	-	1.7 NW	1.3 WNW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.8 N	0.8 NW	0.4 NNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW
Period (s)	4	4	5	-	4	3	3	3	6	6	6	8	-	8	9	3	3	5	4	3	8	8

	Tuesday 25																Wednesday 26
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Paritutu and Ngamotu Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 SSW	1.0 SW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	13	13
Energy(?)	247	244	302	255	365	365	365	327	195	192	189	36	185	188	13	274	21	161	22	23	24	24
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)							1:29PM 2.68													2:02AM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)	7:29AM 0.86												7:58PM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	18	18	22	23	23	23	20	20	20	18	19	17	17	14	16	17	16	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	17	17	18	18	22	23	23	23	20	20	20	18	19	17	17	14	16	16	16	16	16	14
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 SSW	1.0 SW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.6 SSE	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.2 S	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	-	0.2 S	0.1 N	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	7	7	6	6	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	9	5	5	-	-	10	15	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.4 NNE	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.5 N	-	0.8 N	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	-	4	4	4	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4	-	5	-	-	-	-