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 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki
Rating	3	4	3	3	2	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	0	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	12	16	14	14	12	11	10	12	14
Energy(?)	396	721	670	862	440	274	99	105	176	218	343	370	261	464	383	579	690	420	330	222	216	167
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:31AM 3.25		11:51PM 2.97		12:04PM 2.83	12:26AM 2.83		12:33PM 2.59	1:02AM 2.99		1:22PM 2.48	1:51AM 2.49		2:23PM 2.61	2:54AM 2.66		3:32PM 2.36		4:12AM 2.61	4:51PM 2.13		5:33AM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)		5:42PM 0.42		6:03AM 0.47		6:17PM 0.48	6:34AM 0.60		6:58PM 0.85	7:24AM 1.06		7:38PM 0.83	8:12AM 0.97		8:34PM 1.18	9:15AM 1.18		9:44PM 1.26	10:34AM 1.28		11:13PM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	21	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	17	19	20	19	16	18	18	18	18	14	18	17	16	18	19	17	19	18	17	19
Low °C	17	17	15	16	20	17	15	16	17	17	17	13	17	17	14	15	18	15	17	18	15	16
Chill °C (?)	19	19	17	19	20	19	14	17	17	18	18	14	18	17	16	18	19	17	19	18	17	19
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:45
Sunset	-	6:12	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.8 N	0.6 WSW	1.0 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	13	13	14	13	13	12	8	12	6	14	13	8	8	8	14	14	12	11	10	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.6 N	0.7 WSW	1.0 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	-	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.4 NW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	14	5	16	6	6	6	-	12	15	14	6	8	13	12	12	7	7	13	13	13	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.3 NNE	1.2 E	2.4 N	0.5 W	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSE	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	6	5	8	5	5	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 05					Monday 06								Tuesday 07								Wed
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki
Rating	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	14	13	13	13	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	272	537	721	1051	1207	1225	1209	1010	569	529	650	550	574	265	209	157	149	98	96	137	72	162
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	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)		11:26AM 3.07				11:51PM 2.97					12:04PM 2.83				12:23AM 3.15				12:40PM 2.95
Low Tide / height (m)				5:43PM 0.32				5:57AM 0.44	6:04AM 0.71				6:17PM 0.48				6:36AM 0.78				6:57PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	2	5	5
Temp. °C	16	18	19	17	17	16	15	14	16	19	20	19	18	16	16	17	16	16	17	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	15	18	19	17	17	15	14	13	15	19	20	19	18	15	15	16	15	14	15	17	17	17
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	11	14	13	13	13	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.6 N	0.6 N	1.0 S	1.1 S	-	-	0.9 NNE	-	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.4 S	-	-	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	4	5	5	6	7	-	-	6	-	6	6	5	-	-	12	12	-	-	5	5	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.5 S	1.4 SSE	-	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	-	0.7 NNE	-	-	0.9 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.7 ESE	0.3 SE	1.7 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 N	3.0 N	2.2 N
Period (s)	2	5	6	6	7	-	3	4	-	6	-	-	6	6	6	4	4	6	8	10	9	8

	Sunday 05																	Monday 06
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki
Rating	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	197	352	396	475	662	670	464	639	522	514	791	824	1066	648	648	937	965	670	778	1214	958	955
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						11:30AM 2.98												11:49PM 3.28
Low Tide / height (m)												5:43PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	17	17	18	19	21	20	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	16	16	16	18	19	21	20	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	15	15	15	15	15
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 N	1.2 SSE	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	4	14	14	14	5	5	11	11	5	5	5	5	5	16	16	5	7	16	16	7	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	-	0.8 NNE	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.5 S	-	-	1.4 SSE	-	-	-	1.6 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	4	-	-	4	4	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	7	-	-	-	7	-	-