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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	Sun		Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	0	0	0	9	5	4	4	3	2	3	0	0	2	3	0	4	2	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	4.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 SW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	12	7	9	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	12	12	13	12	12
Energy(?)	268	244	248	277	210	600	2251	6844	1864	1730	880	601	553	329	421	444	780	462	814	709	657	570
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	off	cross	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		10:58PM 2.42	10:52AM 3.21		11:21PM 3.14	11:40AM 3.34		12:04AM 3.48	12:18PM 3.45		12:39AM 3.10		1:01PM 3.53	1:20AM 3.31		1:36PM 3.36	1:58AM 3.17		2:22PM 2.87	2:37AM 2.74		2:52PM 2.70
Low Tide / height (m)	4:29PM 0.46		4:37AM 0.09	5:14PM 0.36		5:28AM 0.00	5:58PM 0.32		6:09AM 0.23	6:34PM 0.27		6:53AM 0.39		7:19PM 0.43	7:31AM 0.53		7:57PM 0.55	8:10AM 0.71		8:33PM 0.46	8:43AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	5	2	2	2	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	19	21	20	18	17	16	20	23	15	20	21	16	18	20	17	20	22	17	21	20
Low °C	18	14	18	21	20	17	16	16	17	22	14	18	19	15	17	20	16	19	19	15	18	18
Chill °C (?)	18	16	19	21	20	17	16	15	20	23	14	20	21	15	17	20	16	20	22	16	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-
Sunset	8:39	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:34
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	4.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	12	11	10	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	17	11	8	7	12	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.5 W	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 S	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.1 NW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	0.1 N	0.6 SW	0.1 N	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	7	6	5	11	10	15	16	-	9	18	17	5	21	19	14	14	12	12	14	8	13	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 N	0.9 N	0.8 NNW	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	-	0.5 SSE	-	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	5	7	9	-	3	-	4	-	-	-	11	8	-	-	7	-	-	-

	Sunday 01			Monday 02								Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	0	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.9 W	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 WNW	4.5 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	6	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	7	8	9	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	268	78	394	244	515	285	243	243	242	239	236	210	227	278	600	948	1575	6682	8404	8967	6369	3414
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high-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
High Tide / height (m)				10:38PM 3.41				11:01AM 3.67				11:23PM 3.48				11:43AM 3.70				12:02AM 3.16
Low Tide / height (m)						4:43AM 0.08				5:09PM 0.28				5:32AM 0.30				5:58PM 0.32				6:12AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	2	1	-	-	-	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	-
Temp. °C	18	18	14	15	15	16	16	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	18	17	17	16	15	16	16	14
Chill °C (?)	18	18	14	15	15	16	15	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	17	16	16	14	14	16	16	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 W	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 W	4.5 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	11	6	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	16	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.3 SW	0.2 NNW	0.3 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	0.1 N
Period (s)	7	11	13	6	11	11	5	11	4	11	11	10	10	15	15	-	-	-	-	13	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.5 NNW	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	2.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	7	8	9	-	-	-	-	8

	Sunday 01	Monday 02
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	0	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	6	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	310	130	373	255	445	255	254	253	301	335	248	244	244	273	273	277	277	270	253	517	318	339
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)										10:33PM 3.23												11:00AM 3.30
Low Tide / height (m)				4:29PM 0.46												4:49AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	20	21	18	18	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	16	17	17	17	18
Chill °C (?)	18	20	21	18	18	17	17	16	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	16	17	16	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.2 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.6 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.4 SW
Period (s)	7	9	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	11	11	11	11	11	5	11	11	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 NE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3