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 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			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	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	0	4	4	3	3	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	5	1	4	4	2	3	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.5 NNW	2.1 WSW	0.4 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.7 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	4	14	13	6	16	11	15	14	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1520	1667	1027	935	590	91	319	319	269	203	37	217	26	396	2350	55	3093	3127	388	1291	1038	136
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:36PM 2.96		5:06AM 2.72	5:30PM 2.63		6:17AM 2.42	6:35PM 2.48		7:15AM 2.47		7:32PM 2.50	8:06AM 2.55		8:20PM 2.54	9:01AM 2.95		8:57PM 2.53	10:15AM 2.52		9:45PM 2.66	10:11AM 2.82
Low Tide / height (m)	10:20AM 1.02		11:02PM 0.68	11:19AM 1.10		12:02AM 0.75	12:26PM 0.88		12:57AM 0.75		1:23PM 0.87	1:50AM 0.71		2:15PM 0.82	2:34AM 0.66		3:01PM 0.75	3:08AM 0.57	4:03AM 0.97	3:42PM 0.64	3:56AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	46	-	2	2	2	2	5	2
High °C	17	20	15	20	22	15	19	19	17	19	22	18	24	20	15	25	16	14	15	16	14	15
Low °C	16	18	14	19	21	13	19	19	16	17	22	18	21	19	14	24	16	14	14	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	16	20	14	20	22	14	19	19	17	19	22	18	24	20	13	25	15	14	15	15	13	14
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:43	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.4 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.7 W
Period (s)	8	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	14	7	12	16	11	15	14	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	0.2 NNW	1.2 S	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.4 WNW	0.4 SE	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.7 S	0.3 SSE	0.1 N	0.2 S
Period (s)	13	16	7	15	14	5	14	14	13	16	15	13	13	18	8	4	12	11	8	5	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	1.6 S	1.4 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	0.5 ESE	0.4 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 W	1.1 N	0.6 NW	1.5 NNW	-	0.3 E	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.5 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	4	6	7	6	-	3	3	4	5	4	4	5	4	6	-	3	-	-	2	3	-	-

	Friday 12							Saturday 13								Sunday 14
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Belt Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1371	1512	1341	1580	1129	1358	1340	1295	1200	1155	1100	830	823	851	1027	503	617	537	82	317	319	269
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		4:10AM 2.87				4:35PM 2.63				5:13AM 2.43				5:36PM 2.53				6:08AM 2.36				6:33PM 2.46
Low Tide / height (m)				10:20AM 1.02				11:04PM 0.71				11:27AM 0.84				11:55PM 1.01				12:24PM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	12	18	20	17	18	15	15	14	15	19	20	21	21	17	17	16	15	20	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	12	11	18	20	16	17	14	14	13	14	19	20	21	21	17	17	16	15	20	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.5 WSW	0.2 NNW	1.2 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.1 S	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 S	0.1 NW	0.2 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.5 NNW
Period (s)	16	16	13	16	8	15	15	15	7	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	5	14	7	14	14	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	-	-	1.6 SSE	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 S	0.7 SSE	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.4 E	0.5 N	0.5 NNW	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	5	4	5	4	-	-	4	3	4	4	-

	Friday 12
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Belt Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.7 S	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	8	8	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	6	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1205	1296	1371	1475	2054	1790	1624	3459	1835	2238	1703	1384	1577	1724	1700	1345	1393	2702	362	1009	994	897
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				4:10AM 2.81												4:36PM 2.90
Low Tide / height (m)										10:23AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	14	14	15	15	16	17	17	18	19	19	20	20	20	21	19	22	18	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	11	12	12	13	13	14	16	16	18	19	18	20	20	20	21	18	22	17	15	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.1 NW	0.7 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	8	8	8	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	15	7	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.2 NNW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.5 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	13	13	16	8	8	16	16	15	15	15	13	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	2.1 SW	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	-	1.4 S	2.5 SW	1.7 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	5	5	7	7	-	6	14	6	-	-	-