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 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	0	0	3	2	0	3	0	0	4	4	0	3	2	2	3	3	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	3.0 W	2.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 W	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	12	11	8	8	8	9	7	14	14	13	12	13	13	12	11	12	11	10	10	9
Energy(?)	974	466	552	251	1197	1317	191	602	436	1992	1204	2268	1369	373	931	553	307	350	925	358	394	376
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross	glass	off	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	3:34AM 2.50		4:03PM 2.60		4:47AM 2.59	5:20PM 2.70		6:06AM 2.42	6:30PM 2.84		7:12AM 2.49		7:28PM 2.87	7:59AM 2.58		8:07PM 2.61	8:46AM 2.72		8:56PM 2.75	9:13AM 2.74		9:41PM 3.06
Low Tide / height (m)		9:55AM 0.70		10:38PM 1.01	10:56AM 0.98		11:52PM 0.75	12:14PM 0.81		12:54AM 0.70		1:06PM 0.62	1:47AM 0.87		2:04PM 0.67	2:20AM 0.51		2:50PM 0.61	3:09AM 0.45		4:13PM 0.92	3:53AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	42	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	18	17	17	16	17	14	16	17	16	16	16	12	17	16	14	18	19	17	22	20	19
Low °C	13	17	15	15	15	16	12	16	15	15	15	15	11	15	15	13	15	19	16	18	19	18
Chill °C (?)	13	18	17	16	15	17	13	15	16	15	14	14	10	17	16	13	18	19	17	22	20	19
Sunrise	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:19	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 N	2.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 W	0.3 SSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	10	9	12	11	7	8	8	11	7	14	14	13	12	13	13	12	11	9	11	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SW	0.4 WNW	-	0.7 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 W	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.1 N	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	0.4 SW	0.6 N	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	17	9	8	8	-	12	7	18	16	-	-	-	-	6	18	10	9	12	11	6	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 NE	0.7 S	1.1 NE	3.0 W	2.3 WSW	-	1.7 WSW	2.0 W	-	1.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	-	0.4 N	-	0.7 N	-
Period (s)	5	3	6	5	8	8	-	9	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	-	6	-

	Tue	Wednesday 12								Thursday 13								Friday 14
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SE	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	0.5 SW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 W	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	12	6	9
Energy(?)	1487	1205	1122	502	521	403	552	611	318	596	553	86	1103	832	469	488	531	508	571	588	333	753
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	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)			3:27AM 2.45					4:12PM 2.66				4:42AM 1.91				5:16PM 2.52				5:58AM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)	9:31PM 0.60				9:48AM 0.89					10:42PM 0.73				11:03AM 0.77				11:52PM 0.75				12:10PM 1.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	12	18	10	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	12	15	16	17	17	15	15	15	16	15	15	16	17	17	14	14	13	14	15	16
Chill °C (?)	14	13	12	14	16	16	17	15	14	14	15	14	13	15	17	17	14	13	12	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SSE	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 NNE	0.6 S	1.0 N	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 W
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	6	12	12	12	12	12	7	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	11	12	6	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.5 W	1.0 S	1.2 WSW	0.5 SW	-	0.5 N	0.3 N	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	16	16	9	9	9	8	6	8	6	12	12	-	6	6	12	12	12	13	12	11	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	1.5 SE	1.0 SSE	0.7 S	0.9 SSE	0.4 ESE	1.3 NE	1.3 SSE	0.6 ESE	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	6	6	6	6	3	5	6	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	6	9

	Tuesday 11				Wednesday 12
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	10	12	12	12	12	9	12
Energy(?)	1822	1981	1813	1349	1195	965	1217	1175	697	944	546	235	463	389	341	579	445	445	405	490	47	355
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)									3:47AM 2.86													4:17PM 2.96
Low Tide / height (m)			9:24PM 0.58												9:53AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	12	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	12	15	16	17	21	18	18	18	21	18	17
Chill °C (?)	14	14	12	13	13	11	13	13	13	14	14	10	14	15	17	21	18	18	18	21	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 S	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	6	10	9	9	10	12	12	12	9	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 W	0.2 W	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 SW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	-	18	18	-	17	17	16	10	16	10	9	9	9	9	9	16	8	8	8	12	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SE	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.5 NE	0.6 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	3	5	-