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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	Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Fri
	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	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	5	5	4	4	3	3	0	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	2.1 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	1.0 WSW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	15	15	11	13	8	11	11	11	12	12	7	11	12	13	12	12	11	11	6	11	11
Energy(?)	364	219	266	327	56	493	384	332	262	251	288	654	3997	4122	3095	1607	857	777	420	115	287	287
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)			8:49PM 2.75	9:23AM 2.98		9:49PM 3.28	10:14AM 3.17		10:28PM 2.95	10:58AM 3.28		11:23PM 3.48	11:43AM 3.70		11:54PM 3.07	12:58PM 2.90		12:43AM 3.42		1:15PM 2.65	1:11AM 2.95
Low Tide / height (m)		2:40PM 0.56	3:02AM 0.40		3:39PM 0.63			4:21PM 0.19		4:43AM 0.08	5:14PM 0.36		5:32AM 0.30	6:17PM 0.03		6:49AM 0.64			6:53AM 0.39		7:10PM 0.12	7:31AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	22	16	18	19	14	18	19	15	18	21	21	16	19	15	19	21	17	19	20	17	20
Low °C	18	21	15	17	17	11	16	18	14	16	21	15	15	17	13	16	21	15	17	18	15	19
Chill °C (?)	20	22	16	18	18	12	18	19	14	17	21	21	14	19	14	19	21	16	19	20	17	20
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	8:42	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 NW	0.1 NW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	7	6	11	11	13	9	11	11	11	12	12	7	11	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 S	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.8 WSW	0.3 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.2 NNW	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	16	15	15	13	9	-	12	12	6	5	16	15	-	10	13	5	9	17	16	9	19	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 S	-	-	-	1.7 W	2.1 W	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	-	0.5 N	1.1 N	2.2 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 W	-	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	6	8	8	7	-	3	5	7	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6

	Friday 30					Saturday 31								Sunday 01								Mon
	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	Graveyards Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	2	0	0	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.4 SW	2.1 WNW	1.7 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	15	15	15	11	11	13	13	13	11	12	12	11	8	11	7	7	11	11	6	11	11
Energy(?)	217	366	366	303	207	240	694	410	458	372	452	354	336	493	521	847	327	340	332	113	370	254
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:29AM 3.16				8:52PM 3.11				9:14AM 2.90				9:49PM 3.28	10:08PM 2.28				10:15AM 3.55				10:38PM 3.41
Low Tide / height (m)			2:38PM 0.57				3:02AM 0.40				3:39PM 0.63				3:47AM 0.22	4:37AM 0.79				4:58PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	19	21	21	19	17	16	16	19	18	18	17	15	12	12	11	17	18	19	18	13	15
Chill °C (?)	17	19	21	21	19	17	16	16	19	18	18	16	14	10	12	9	16	18	19	18	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.9 S	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 S	1.4 SW	1.9 W	0.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	7	6	15	11	11	11	13	13	13	11	12	12	11	9	11	7	12	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 WSW	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.7 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 S	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	16	6	11	15	5	14	13	5	13	13	13	12	12	-	12	9	9	12	12	9	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	2.1 W	-	2.1 WNW	1.7 W	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	8	-	7	7	8	7	6	-	-

	Friday 30	Saturday 31
	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	Graveyards Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	2	0	0	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 W	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 S	0.6 WSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	7	7	7	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	15	13	13	11	11	13	14	11
Energy(?)	294	389	364	364	260	243	381	333	328	219	226	226	224	24	320	23	56	240	237	111	298	274
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		8:24AM 2.79
Low Tide / height (m)								2:28PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	18	19	19	19	20	23	22	21	22	22	21	16	16	16	15	17	17	14	15	17
Chill °C (?)	14	16	18	19	19	19	20	23	22	21	22	22	21	16	16	16	15	17	17	13	15	17
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.8 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	6	11	11	11	4	11	4	4	11	11	13	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 W	0.6 WSW	0.2 W	0.3 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	6	6	6	5	6	5	13	14	14	13	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-