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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	Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Mon
	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	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki
Rating	4	2	1	0	3	3	0	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	0.9 S	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.8 W	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 W	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	18	16	6	6	9	9	9	9	13	13	14	7	14	14
Energy(?)	2731	2669	291	630	698	566	423	494	400	521	304	267	1589	951	1283	1228	2246	2156	2203	591	767	311
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	10:08AM 3.27		10:53PM 2.30	11:19AM 2.76		11:41PM 2.69	11:16AM 3.14		12:16AM 2.76	12:15PM 2.70		12:51AM 2.79	12:26PM 3.22		12:48AM 3.29		1:03PM 3.16	1:28AM 3.08		1:49PM 3.10	2:15AM 3.33
Low Tide / height (m)		4:16PM 0.55		5:13AM 0.77	4:52PM 0.24		5:04AM 0.16	5:58PM 0.02		6:08AM 0.03	6:11PM 0.01		6:18AM 0.05	6:42PM 0.01		7:04AM 0.10		7:24PM 0.06	7:44AM 0.20		8:11PM 0.57	8:33AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	7	4	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	15	20	20	16	19	20	17	19	20	18	19	19	15	17	16	15	18	19	16	20
Low °C	14	14	14	18	18	14	18	19	16	18	19	17	18	18	11	16	16	14	16	18	15	18
Chill °C (?)	12	16	14	20	20	16	19	20	17	18	20	18	18	18	13	16	15	14	17	18	15	20
Sunrise	6:47	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	8:21	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	2.5 S	0.9 S	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 W	0.5 WSW	0.1 N	0.9 WSW	0.2 SSE	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	15	18	16	9	13	7	13	14	15	8	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.1 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 W	0.6 WSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.9 WSW	0.1 NW	0.3 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	-	7	11	18	18	16	22	20	5	11	8	7	9	8	12	8	12	16	9	9	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-	1.3 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	2.0 W	-	-
Period (s)	10	8	6	-	-	-	-	4	-	6	6	6	9	9	9	9	13	-	-	7	-	-

	Monday 16					Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18								Thu
	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	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	0	4	4	3	4	2	3	2	1	1	0	1	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 S	1.8 S	2.1 WSW	0.9 S	1.9 WSW	1.5 WNW	1.2 W	0.6 S	1.4 WSW	0.5 S	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 W	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	10	10	12	9	12	6	6	9	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	21	11	11	19	18
Energy(?)	940	1437	2669	766	1274	291	995	296	206	93	469	101	586	566	572	608	516	286	363	407	340	659
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
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	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		10:03AM 3.09				11:05PM 2.60				11:09AM 2.48				10:58PM 2.92				11:19AM 3.21				11:42PM 3.11
Low Tide / height (m)				4:56PM 0.87				5:02AM 0.24				5:32PM 0.76				5:12AM 0.16				5:34PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	15	16	15	14	15	15	18	20	20	19	16	15	17	17	18	20	20	19	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	16	15	16	15	13	15	14	18	20	20	19	16	15	17	17	18	20	20	19	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 S	1.8 S	2.1 WSW	0.9 S	1.9 WSW	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.4 WSW	0.8 W	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	10	10	12	9	12	9	9	9	11	5	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.8 SSE	1.1 WSW	0.9 W	0.3 W	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.5 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	21	11	7	8	20	11	18	11	11	11	17	9	16	16	16	15	15	21	20	20	5	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	1.2 W	-	1.5 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	8	-	-	6	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 16																Tuesday 17
	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	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	0	4	4	3	4	2	3	2	1	1	0	1	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 S	1.7 WSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 S	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	10	10	12	10	12	11	10	8	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1559	1892	2731	2731	1283	2265	1466	1781	2669	2338	947	766	1411	1302	1062	1331	1172	426	690	688	670	1025
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross	on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	cross	on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)				10:43AM 2.65												10:30PM 2.87
Low Tide / height (m)										4:51PM 0.32												4:36AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	1	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	14	15	16	14	17	15	14	15	16	16	16	15	17	16	15	16	16	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	14	15	12	13	15	12	17	15	13	15	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	16	15	16	16	17
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	1.9 WSW	-	-	1.5 WSW	3.0 S	1.7 WSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.8 WSW	1.8 S	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	21	12	-	-	12	10	12	11	10	10	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.1 SSE	-	-	0.2 W	0.4 WSW	0.2 W	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	-	-	21	12	20	12	7	7	20	8	20	20	10	10	19	19	19	18	18	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	9	10	10	9	7	9	6	8	8	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-