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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	Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sun
	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	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	4	3	2	1	2	4	3	2	1	3	3	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW	0.9 W	1.5 WNW	0.9 NW	1.3 W	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	11	11	10	12	11	11	10	9	8	8	11	13	13	14	14	13	16	15	14
Energy(?)	1127	2135	983	364	184	93	333	763	558	161	472	282	265	700	1312	1374	1341	1146	939	1124	1209	612
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:13PM 2.76	8:38AM 2.69		9:02PM 3.00	9:21AM 2.82		9:41PM 3.06	9:59AM 3.00		10:18PM 3.12	10:38AM 3.26		10:53PM 3.15	11:06AM 3.13		11:22PM 2.99	11:50AM 2.91		11:57PM 2.97	12:13PM 3.11
Low Tide / height (m)		2:04PM 0.67	2:30AM 0.65		2:44PM 0.59	3:16AM 0.64		3:29PM 0.54	3:53AM 0.57		3:58PM 0.47		4:29AM 0.55	4:42PM 0.46		4:58AM 0.47	5:17PM 0.60		5:39AM 0.37	6:01PM 0.33		6:08AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	2	9	7	2
High °C	16	15	13	17	18	16	21	18	18	17	16	15	20	19	16	22	19	18	18	18	18	19
Low °C	14	15	10	15	18	15	19	18	17	17	15	15	17	18	16	22	18	17	17	17	17	18
Chill °C (?)	15	15	13	17	17	16	21	18	18	17	15	15	20	19	16	22	19	18	18	18	18	19
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	8:16	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WNW	1.0 W	1.8 NW	1.5 WNW	0.9 W	1.5 WNW	0.9 NW	1.3 W	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	12	11	11	7	12	11	11	10	9	8	8	11	13	13	14	14	13	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.6 W	0.1 N	-	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	9	9	9	7	10	10	10	13	-	11	10	11	8	7	7	7	7	18	13	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 N	0.9 NNW	0.9 N	1.6 N	-	-	-	0.7 W	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	6	5	7	-	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 16							Monday 17								Tuesday 18
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	2.2 NW	2.3 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	13	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1462	1451	2088	878	852	1265	1186	1178	642	598	585	284	219	241	137	93	65	154	333	281	1190	2236
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:55AM 2.65				8:15PM 2.69				8:35AM 2.64				9:02PM 3.00				9:33AM 2.76
Low Tide / height (m)	1:43AM 0.59				2:00PM 0.67				2:35AM 0.75				2:58PM 0.80				3:11AM 0.55				3:33PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	13	16	15	15	13	13	13	14	18	17	18	18	17	17	16	16	19	24	20	19
Chill °C (?)	10	9	13	15	14	15	12	12	12	13	18	17	18	18	17	16	15	14	19	24	20	19
Sunrise	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.2 WSW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	7	8	13	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.1 N	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 NNW	0.8 N	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	15	-	-	-	18	18	9	9	16	9	8	5	6	8	10	10	10	10	8	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.4 NE	0.7 N	-	-	0.7 N	0.9 N	1.3 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.6 N	-	2.2 NW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	3	5	-	-	5	5	6	7	7	-	11	11

	Sunday 16
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1613	1487	1952	789	789	1451	2353	2575	1723	1935	2248	1581	1556	2324	1423	1525	1354	1332	1197	414	941	945
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								8:01AM 2.60												8:33PM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)	1:43AM 0.59													2:06PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	13	9	9	11	12	13	13	13	17	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	10	9	12	8	8	10	12	13	12	12	17	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	12	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:58	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	0.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 SW	-	-	1.1 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 WNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 S	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	19	-	-	15	15	15	-	-	14	18	18	9	18	18	18	18	18	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-