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 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	3	0	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	0	3	2	0	1	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 W	1.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.2 WSW	2.3 W	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	14	14	13	13	18	16	7	15	14	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	5	12	7	11
Energy(?)	745	682	374	433	179	138	43	253	318	251	213	351	94	439	287	412	273	235	68	17	580	577
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	4:53PM 2.60		5:47AM 2.58	6:19PM 2.56		7:08AM 2.63		7:42PM 2.62	8:19AM 2.76		8:52PM 3.11	9:23AM 2.98		9:38PM 2.82	10:15AM 3.55		10:38PM 3.41	11:01AM 3.67		11:41PM 2.51	11:40AM 3.34
Low Tide / height (m)		11:32PM 0.64	12:10PM 0.78		12:46AM 0.65		1:27PM 0.72	2:01AM 0.56		3:12PM 0.56	3:10AM 0.71		3:37PM 0.38	3:47AM 0.22	4:02AM 0.52	4:29PM 0.46		4:49AM 0.37	5:14PM 0.36		5:28AM 0.00	5:57PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	18	16	20	20	18	19	20	16	18	19	17	18	20	15	18	19	17	20	25	22	26	21
Low °C	18	16	19	20	17	19	19	15	17	19	15	17	18	13	16	18	16	19	23	20	24	20
Chill °C (?)	18	16	20	20	18	19	20	15	18	19	17	18	20	14	18	19	17	20	25	22	26	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-
Sunset	8:45	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.2 WSW	0.5 W	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	9	14	13	10	18	16	7	6	11	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.1 N	0.3 SSW	0.1 NW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	16	15	14	8	8	13	8	12	15	15	14	14	11	12	7	6	11	11	9	8	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 W	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.9 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.3 W	1.3 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	3	5	6	7	11

	Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28								Thursday 29								Friday 30
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	1	2	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 W	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 S	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.8 W	0.6 WSW	0.5 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	9	13	13	13	13	13	18	18	13	17	7	16	16
Energy(?)	317	790	659	682	609	624	569	517	356	70	228	268	597	233	138	298	274	244	193	328	351	269
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:00PM 2.63				5:47AM 2.58				6:27PM 1.98				6:59AM 2.56	7:18AM 2.97				7:43PM 2.96
Low Tide / height (m)				11:32PM 0.64				12:11PM 0.78				12:46AM 0.65					1:34PM 1.03				1:56AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	18	16	16	16	16	19	19	20	18	18	17	17	15	19	19	19	18	16	15	14	15
Chill °C (?)	20	18	16	16	16	16	19	19	20	18	18	17	17	15	19	19	19	18	15	14	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 S	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	14	9	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	13	13	16	16	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.4 WSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	14	14	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	18	18	18	17	7	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 SW	1.8 W	0.9 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	6	4	7	6	-

	Tuesday 27										Wednesday 28
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	1	2	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 S	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	10	14	14
Energy(?)	332	788	745	745	747	790	709	721	492	123	496	682	863	686	414	400	400	372	366	124	374	374
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				5:00PM 2.63													5:46AM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)											11:19PM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	19	19
Chill °C (?)	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 W	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	7	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	6	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-