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 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09
	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	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki
Rating	2	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	2	0	3	3	4	4	3	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	0.7 W	1.3 NW	3.0 S	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 W	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	7	8	10	10	10	8	8	7	11	11	6	11	13	12	12	11	11	10	12	12
Energy(?)	474	88	401	1760	940	1225	2558	748	414	439	736	1010	463	714	809	808	919	978	920	477	751	471
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:50AM 3.06		9:03PM 3.18	9:40AM 3.31		10:39PM 2.78	10:35AM 3.64		10:43PM 3.13	11:11AM 3.29		11:41PM 3.19	12:07PM 3.48		12:37AM 3.40		1:02PM 3.57	1:29AM 3.27		1:53PM 3.41	2:22AM 3.10
Low Tide / height (m)	2:34AM 0.18		3:01PM 0.27	3:24AM 0.23		4:17PM 0.14		4:21AM 0.23	4:45PM 0.06		4:57AM -0.04	5:36PM 0.05		5:55AM 0.21	6:29PM 0.39		6:49AM 0.41		7:22PM 0.52	7:39AM 0.56		8:16PM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	9	7	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	20	18	15	16	17	16	18	19	16	20	20	16	20	20	18	20	20	18	21	20	17
Low °C	15	17	15	13	13	16	16	17	18	16	19	18	14	18	19	17	19	19	17	20	20	15
Chill °C (?)	16	20	18	14	16	16	14	17	18	15	20	20	15	20	20	18	20	20	18	21	20	17
Sunrise	-	5:45	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:40	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.7 W	0.9 SW	1.6 NW	2.0 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 NW	0.5 WSW	0.1 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 W	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	10	8	10	8	10	16	9	13	13	7	11	11	6	11	13	12	12	11	11	10	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	0.6 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 S	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.6 WSW	0.7 W	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	8	5	13	12	16	20	18	18	6	12	16	15	10	13	13	14	12	12	14	12	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	1.3 NW	3.0 S	-	2.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 W	-	-	-	1.5 W	-	-	0.3 N	0.5 N	0.7 NNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	7	8	-	10	10	8	8	-	-	-	6	-	-	3	3	4	-	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Friday 05
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	0	4	4	3	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 SSE	0.5 W	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 WNW	2.1 W	2.1 S	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	10	5	8	7	8	11	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8
Energy(?)	574	579	531	306	224	123	71	296	1223	2305	956	1211	1386	1355	1225	1325	1844	2558	1637	1021	748	551
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:16PM 2.99				8:48AM 3.12				9:09PM 3.11				9:41AM 3.22					10:04PM 3.46				10:35AM 3.64
Low Tide / height (m)			2:34AM 0.18				3:40PM 0.76				3:16AM 0.05				3:58PM 0.34					4:21AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	5	2	3	1	-	1	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	16	16	17	19	20	16	15	14	14	13	13	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	18
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	15	17	19	20	15	14	13	13	11	13	16	16	14	14	14	14	15	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 W	0.5 W	1.4 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 WNW	2.1 W	1.7 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WSW	0.3 NW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	8	8	7	8	11	10	9	10	10	16	15	10	9	14	8	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 S	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.4 SSE	0.1 N	0.3 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	13	9	9	8	8	13	12	10	8	12	18	16	16	8	20	10	18	18	9	15	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.7 S	-	1.9 S	0.4 SSE	1.7 SSW	2.1 S	1.4 SSE	-	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	5	5	5	-	8	3	5	8	8	-	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8

	Tuesday 02				Wednesday 03
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	0	4	4	3	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	10	10	8	8	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	6
Energy(?)	631	574	574	498	504	208	144	379	472	445	437	441	422	227	242	217	257	258	279	247	245	244
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:16PM 2.99												8:48AM 3.12
Low Tide / height (m)								2:35AM 0.43													3:05PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-
High °C	17	17	17	16	16	14	13	16	16	16	16	18	18	17	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	16	15	13	12	15	16	16	16	18	18	16	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	10	9	9	10	10	8	8	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 NW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.5 NW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	8	13	13	8	8	13	13	9	9	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	1.0 SSE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	5	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6