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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	Tue		Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tue
	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	Mangahume Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	1	0	0	2	3	0	3	3	4	3	3	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	3	5	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.6 N	0.7 WSW	1.0 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.1 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	12	15	7	14	13	13	15	15	14	14	12	11	10	12	13	5	13	12	8	10	14	12
Energy(?)	97	76	385	216	408	271	428	710	577	416	747	391	253	132	190	309	504	758	556	2426	2821	2425
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		12:57AM 2.82		1:27PM 2.46	1:54AM 2.43		2:23PM 2.61	2:42AM 2.30		3:32PM 2.36		4:12AM 2.61	4:50PM 2.51		5:25AM 2.37						7:12AM 3.00
Low Tide / height (m)		6:53PM 0.75	7:19AM 0.95		7:39PM 0.82	8:09AM 0.96		8:26PM 0.93	9:16AM 1.05		9:44PM 1.05	10:34AM 1.28		11:02PM 1.22			12:03AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	10	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	28	2	1	-	3	-	-
High °C	18	19	19	18	15	18	19	17	19	21	18	22	23	21	21	19	19	16	18	15	16	16
Low °C	15	16	18	16	15	16	17	15	16	20	17	18	22	18	20	19	16	16	16	14	15	14
Chill °C (?)	18	18	19	18	15	18	19	17	19	21	18	22	23	21	21	18	18	15	17	14	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-
Sunset	6:07	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 N	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 NNW	1.0 SW	0.7 W	0.9 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	0.2 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	7	12	14	6	13	9	8	15	14	14	12	11	10	9	13	12	7	12	18	10	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 N	0.7 WSW	0.8 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 S	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 NW	0.9 WSW	0.5 NW	0.1 SW	1.5 WSW	0.4 NW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	12	15	13	14	6	13	12	8	7	7	7	14	13	12	9	14	13	14	18	15	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	2.3 NNE	1.6 N	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ESE	0.7 SE	1.6 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.7 W	2.1 W	-	-	1.9 W
Period (s)	4	7	7	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	4	5	6	6	8	-	-	12

	Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08								Thursday 09								Friday 10
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	0	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NNE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 SW	0.6 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	12	15	15	15	16	14
Energy(?)	239	93	93	120	222	140	136	261	219	216	315	201	220	225	522	77	302	424	562	710	563	518
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	12:42PM 2.67				1:10AM 2.61				1:20PM 2.46				1:50AM 2.81				2:11PM 2.30				2:54AM 2.66
Low Tide / height (m)			6:53PM 0.75				7:24AM 1.06				7:38PM 0.83				8:12AM 0.97				8:34PM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	4	3	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	15	16	17	18	18	19	19	18	16	15	15	15	14	16	21	19	17	17	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	14	15	16	18	18	19	19	18	16	15	15	15	14	16	21	19	17	17	16	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	1.0 N	1.1 NNE	1.8 N	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 SW	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	12	7	7	8	14	14	14	14	6	13	13	6	13	13	13	9	8	8	15	15	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 N	0.7 N	0.7 WSW	0.6 N	0.8 W	0.7 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.9 W	0.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	5	12	12	12	5	5	13	6	14	6	6	13	6	9	9	13	12	15	9	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NNE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.6 NNE	2.0 N	2.0 N	1.6 N	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	5	4	8	8	8	7	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 07											Wednesday 08
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	0	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	1.4 NE	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	1.9 N	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	5	12	12	12	15	15	12	14	12	8	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	288	99	97	97	96	95	78	219	82	68	203	76	76	95	230	10	597	212	211	208	136	257
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	12:42PM 2.67													1:02AM 2.99
Low Tide / height (m)							6:58PM 0.85													7:21AM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	1	-	1	1	-
High °C	16	17	18	18	16	15	16	17	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	15	17	18	18	15	14	14	16	14	14	15	15	16	17	17	18	17	18	18	18	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.1 NNE	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	7	7	7	7	7	12	12	12	7	12	12	12	12	14	9	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 SW	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	5	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	12	15	15	15	15	11	4	15	5	5	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NNE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.9 NNE	0.2 SSE	2.3 NNE	2.3 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.5 NNE	0.3 ESE	1.9 N	2.2 N	2.1 N	2.0 N	1.6 N	1.8 N
Period (s)	7	4	4	4	5	5	7	5	7	4	8	7	7	8	8	4	8	8	8	7	7	7