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 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	3	4	2	0	0	0	4	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	1.4 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.6 W	1.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.1 W	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 W	2.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	6	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	14	13	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	155	82	225	138	106	53	146	420	144	365	650	505	1269	465	1593	1031	3017	1962	1647	725	471	298
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:47AM 2.47		2:13PM 2.60	2:36AM 2.39		3:17PM 2.95	3:53AM 2.76		4:15PM 2.92		4:57AM 1.90	5:24PM 2.05		6:07AM 1.96	6:32PM 2.11		7:13AM 2.07		7:43PM 2.54	8:13AM 2.23		8:08PM 3.24
Low Tide / height (m)		8:01AM 0.65		8:37PM 0.72	9:05AM 1.01		9:43PM 1.03	9:54AM 0.71		10:38PM 0.98	11:10AM 0.74		12:03AM 0.61	12:29PM 0.68		1:12AM 0.50		1:39PM 0.98	2:11AM 0.83		2:35PM 0.41	2:35AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	1	14	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	32
High °C	19	19	20	20	25	25	20	19	19	18	18	19	15	21	19	16	18	18	13	20	21	19
Low °C	16	17	19	18	22	20	19	19	18	15	17	17	14	19	17	15	16	17	11	17	19	17
Chill °C (?)	19	18	20	20	25	25	20	19	19	18	17	18	14	21	18	15	17	17	12	20	21	18
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:35	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.6 W	1.0 WNW	0.3 SW	-	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.4 W	-	2.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	9	8	8	8	10	-	8	8	11	7	14	14	13	17	-	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	-	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	1.4 WSW	0.9 W	0.6 WNW	0.1 N	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	13	12	11	15	-	10	11	-	10	6	8	10	-	-	-	9	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 N	1.5 N	1.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.6 WNW	-	1.9 NW	1.1 W	-	1.1 WSW	1.9 W	2.0 WSW	-	1.1 N	1.7 NW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.0 WNW	-	0.8 NNW	1.4 NNW
Period (s)	5	6	6	3	3	4	-	8	8	-	9	8	8	-	5	6	11	11	8	-	4	5

	Tue	Wednesday 26								Thursday 27								Friday 28
	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	1.4 NNW	0.9 WNW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	11	6	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	272	278	209	214	82	60	225	114	302	330	107	113	106	91	115	198	556	90	90	636	177	439
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	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	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:47AM 2.47				2:24PM 3.04				2:51AM 1.99				3:17PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)	7:48PM 0.67				8:14AM 0.95				8:49PM 1.03				8:53AM 0.64				9:36PM 0.65	10:18PM 1.13			9:54AM 0.71	10:02AM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	13	1	1
Temp. °C	16	14	14	15	17	19	20	23	18	18	18	18	22	25	25	20	20	20	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	16	14	14	15	16	18	20	23	18	18	18	18	22	25	25	20	20	20	19	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 S	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	0.1 S	1.1 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.4 WNW	0.1 W	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	15	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.3 SW
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	14	14	14	13	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	-	10	15	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.7 N	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	1.5 N	1.4 NNW	1.4 NNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	-	1.7 WNW	1.1 WNW	-
Period (s)	4	4	3	3	6	6	6	9	-	-	3	3	3	4	4	8	8	-	-	8	8	-

	Tuesday 25				Wednesday 26
	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 NW	0.1 SW	1.4 NNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	10	10	10	8	13	6
Energy(?)	323	275	272	276	179	155	168	23	220	240	26	26	26	30	30	30	17	4	6	73	9	225
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)								2:02AM 2.08												2:26PM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)	7:48PM 0.67													8:05AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	16	15	18	17	17	17	16	16	17	17	18	20	21	22	24	25	25	25	25	20
Chill °C (?)	19	18	16	15	17	16	16	17	15	15	17	17	18	20	21	22	24	25	25	25	25	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.6 NW	0.1 S	0.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	7	7	7	13	8	8	8	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 S	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	15	15	15	10	15	15	11	11	11	13	13	13	10	10	10	13	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.9 N	-	1.2 N	1.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.6 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.6 NW	0.8 WNW	1.4 NNW
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	-	6	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	6