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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	Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wed
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	3	0	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 W	0.4 W	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	0.6 W	1.5 NNW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	12	12	11	20	5	18	12	16	14	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	9	8	8
Energy(?)	201	246	151	110	99	82	204	46	205	711	1062	1266	625	682	875	633	638	238	345	299	65	499
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			10:20PM 3.59	10:50AM 3.67		11:08PM 3.62	11:32AM 3.43		11:52PM 3.29	12:10PM 3.28		12:46AM 3.42			1:40AM 3.22		2:00PM 3.00	2:24AM 2.69		3:03PM 2.82	3:47AM 2.86
Low Tide / height (m)		4:03PM -0.01		4:38AM 0.03	5:02PM 0.11		5:20AM -0.14	5:47PM -0.03		5:59AM -0.06	6:40PM 0.32		7:02AM 0.36		7:34PM 0.52	7:48AM 0.30		8:24PM 0.42	8:47AM 0.50		9:34PM 0.90	9:53AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	1
High °C	17	17	14	17	18	16	16	17	15	17	19	12	17	16	12	18	19	17	21	21	18	18
Low °C	15	16	13	16	17	16	16	16	13	15	16	10	16	15	12	16	18	16	19	20	17	18
Chill °C (?)	17	17	14	17	18	16	16	16	15	17	19	12	17	15	12	18	19	17	21	21	18	17
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	8:04	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 W	0.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.6 W	1.5 NNW
Period (s)	6	13	12	12	12	10	9	8	12	12	11	14	13	12	13	13	13	12	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 SW	1.1 WSW	0.1 W	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	14	5	4	12	11	11	11	10	9	6	16	7	7	6	-	12	12	7	12	11	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.8 W	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	1.0 W	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.9 N	1.2 N	0.5 NW	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	5	-	-	6	-	-	6	-	3	3	3	4	5	4	-

	Wednesday 05							Thursday 06								Friday 07
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 W	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	6	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	20	20	20	8	18
Energy(?)	445	214	201	172	174	167	220	218	234	208	110	118	99	155	86	82	77	113	204	183	100	171
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:05AM 3.53				10:19PM 3.36				10:50AM 3.67				11:03PM 3.34				11:32AM 3.43
Low Tide / height (m)	3:46AM 0.04					4:15PM 0.15				4:25AM -0.16				4:51PM -0.07				5:14AM -0.16				5:50PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	9	15	17	17	16	14	14	14	11	16	17	18	18	16	16	16	14	17	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	12	9	15	17	16	15	14	14	14	11	16	17	18	18	16	16	16	14	17	16	17	15
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 W
Period (s)	6	7	6	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	9	9	9	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 W	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	6	8	8	4	4	5	5	12	11	11	15	10	11	11	20	11	11	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	-	0.3 NW	0.6 W	-	-	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.5 W	-	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	6	5	-	2	5	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	5

	Wednesday 05
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	6	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	415	134	138	136	166	154	242	276	273	192	172	172	172	228	174	170	168	90	163	242	147	145
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)																						10:20PM 3.59
Low Tide / height (m)			3:51AM 0.11													4:09PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	9	12	12	12	13	14	15	15	18	16	17	17	19	17	17	17	16	15	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	10	9	11	11	12	13	14	15	15	18	16	17	17	19	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	7	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	6	8	5	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 W	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	5	3	5	5	5	5