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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	Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Mon
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Desperation Point Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.4 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	1.8 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	8	11	10	15	16	15	15	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	6	7	12
Energy(?)	1974	1777	1046	934	3393	1581	10242	2790	3252	2629	1801	3318	3903	3422	2471	1149	970	649	608	198	178	636
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			10:24PM 2.42	10:24AM 3.01		10:43PM 3.27	11:02AM 3.33		11:15PM 3.27	11:33AM 3.35		11:47PM 3.24	12:04PM 3.32		12:09AM 2.84	12:32PM 3.08		12:48AM 2.89		1:07PM 2.97	1:25AM 2.76
Low Tide / height (m)		3:50PM 0.35		4:16AM 0.24	4:39PM 0.49		4:55AM 0.39	5:12PM 0.50		5:27AM 0.42	5:44PM 0.56		6:00AM 0.49	6:17PM 0.66		6:28AM 0.52	6:51PM 0.79		7:43AM 0.94		7:25PM 0.83	8:22AM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	7	3	-	-	1	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	16	16	13	15	16	16	17	17	17	15	15	13	15	15	13	15	15	13	15
Low °C	14	16	15	16	15	12	14	15	13	16	17	13	14	13	12	14	14	13	14	14	10	15
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	14	14	10	13	14	15	16	16	16	13	13	11	13	13	11	13	13	11	13
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	7:45	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.1 NW	3.0 WSW	0.6 SW	3.5 WSW	0.2 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	1.8 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.6 WSW	0.1 S	1.2 W	1.5 W
Period (s)	14	14	13	15	11	16	15	14	15	15	14	13	12	12	12	11	10	9	10	13	7	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	-	0.8 WSW	0.1 S	0.9 NNW	0.1 S	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.7 N	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.3 WNW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.1 N
Period (s)	9	16	16	-	18	16	8	7	-	12	12	-	7	-	-	10	7	6	8	8	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 NW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	-	-	1.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	1.5 W	0.6 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	6	8	8	8	10	15	16	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	-	6	4	-

	Monday 20							Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	2.4 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	8	9	10	10	17	15	15	15	8	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1945	1869	492	2881	1777	1489	1225	1046	958	1090	934	1374	2229	3678	6552	5306	4464	5629	1193	6259	5690	1237
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	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)								10:10PM 3.24				10:30AM 3.27				10:38PM 3.09				10:57AM 3.15
Low Tide / height (m)	3:33AM 0.30					4:05PM 0.53				4:21AM 0.42				4:39PM 0.49				4:50AM 0.31				5:47PM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	10	14	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	13	13	14	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	9	10	12	15	15	15	15	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	11	11	12	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.1 NW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	0.9 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	15	9	10	17	-	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.1 S	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.3 WNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	-	0.2 W	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	1.7 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 S	-	-	0.2 S
Period (s)	10	9	6	15	16	9	16	16	15	15	-	20	18	-	-	-	8	14	16	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 W	1.1 NW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 W	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	2.1 NW	-	-	2.4 W	-	-	1.8 W
Period (s)	-	-	7	9	6	6	7	8	7	8	8	7	7	10	17	8	-	-	8	-	-	6

	Monday 20
	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 W	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	7	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	7	13	13	7
Energy(?)	1950	1945	592	2216	1647	1604	1752	1752	1974	1974	1953	2077	1920	1845	883	1930	1621	1595	598	1447	1383	551
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									9:56AM 3.17													10:45PM 2.63
Low Tide / height (m)															3:53PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	8	10	11	11	12	13	14	15	15	15	16	16	17	16	16	15	16	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	10	9	5	9	10	10	11	12	13	14	14	14	15	15	16	14	15	13	14	13	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.4 SW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	10	15	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	16	16	16	16	-	-	9	-	9	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	2.0 NW	2.2 WNW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	6	5	6	6	6	7	6	6	7