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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	Thu	Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 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	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	2	2	4	3	0	3	3	2	3	0	0	2	3	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 NW	0.9 W	3.0 NW	2.3 NW	1.5 WNW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.6 WNW	1.1 W	1.2 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	10	9	14	13	13	13	13	11	11	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	271	236	2055	1103	444	739	584	383	316	759	887	368	465	2260	1430	1015	1634	1809	1454	725	393	494
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:35AM 2.69	6:15PM 2.31		6:54AM 1.91		8:03PM 2.37	7:52AM 2.65		8:45PM 2.60	8:54AM 3.23		9:33PM 2.78	9:38AM 3.34		9:52PM 2.89	10:16AM 3.12		10:37PM 3.08	10:51AM 3.16		11:12PM 3.41
Low Tide / height (m)	11:38PM 1.20	11:52AM 1.02		12:41AM 0.87		1:52PM 1.12	2:21AM 1.08		2:35PM 0.60	2:55AM 0.55		3:09PM 0.61	3:41AM 0.37		3:45PM 0.22	3:58AM 0.24	4:07AM 0.25	4:29PM 0.14		4:45AM 0.19	5:06PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	22	22	18	21	20	18	18	19	19	19	19	17	16	17	14	17	19	16	18	19	17
Low °C	19	21	20	17	18	18	17	17	19	16	18	18	14	14	15	13	15	17	15	16	18	15
Chill °C (?)	20	22	22	18	21	20	18	18	19	18	19	19	16	14	16	13	17	19	16	18	19	17
Sunrise	-	7:28	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.9 W	0.4 WSW	2.3 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.6 WNW	1.1 W	1.2 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	12	12	13	10	9	9	13	13	13	13	11	11	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.3 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 NNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 S	-	0.6 S	0.5 S	-	0.2 N
Period (s)	14	4	13	12	15	14	8	7	6	9	7	18	16	16	15	14	5	-	6	5	-	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	3.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	-
Period (s)	4	4	11	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-

	Thu	Friday 27								Saturday 28								Sunday 29
	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	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	1	1	3	4	2	2	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WNW	0.7 WSW	1.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	14	14	13	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	121	161	501	1296	387	285	327	1219	1296	1103	879	746	790	631	382	729	655	584	550	624	517	330
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:29AM 2.43				5:58PM 2.32				7:00AM 2.94	7:01AM 2.47				7:30PM 2.49				8:03AM 2.73
Low Tide / height (m)		10:58PM 1.02				12:32PM 1.19				12:41AM 0.87					1:06PM 0.72				1:38AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	18	18	20	22	22	20	18	18	18	18	19	19	20	18	17	17	17	16	18	18
Chill °C (?)	18	17	17	18	20	22	22	20	18	18	18	18	19	19	20	18	17	17	17	16	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	3.5 NNW	2.5 N	2.1 NW	1.2 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	9	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	13	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	1.8 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	11	10	4	4	-	13	12	12	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	8	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 NE	2.3 N	0.6 E	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	-
Period (s)	4	5	4	9	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-

	Thursday 26				Friday 27
	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	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	1	1	3	4	2	2	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 W	0.5 W	2.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	14	12	14	14	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	90	432	425	381	278	163	163	1499	501	501	1358	1259	1350	1297	1184	1515	1632	1654	1785	1730	1913	1611
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)											5:40AM 2.86
Low Tide / height (m)																	11:53AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	18	18	19	18	18	18	18	18	19	18	18	19	19	19	20	19	20	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	16	17	17	17	19	18	18	17	17	17	18	17	17	18	19	19	20	18	20	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	3.0 N	3.0 N	3.5 N	0.6 NW	0.5 W	0.5 W	2.1 NW	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW
Period (s)	13	11	11	11	12	14	14	12	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WSW	1.8 NNW	1.4 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	14	12	12	13	11	11	13	13	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	1.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	2.3 N	2.3 N	2.1 N	1.9 N	-	-	1.8 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	6	4	4	8	8	8	8	-	-	7	6	6	6	-	-