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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	Sun	Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24
	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	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	2	0	0	0	4	0	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	14	16	14	11	10	13	13	12	12	14	14	16	16	16	16	15	14	13	13	16	15
Energy(?)	269	1192	1052	3224	3098	1638	6033	1455	1843	1227	1506	1286	1596	965	1155	1257	1240	1512	1051	962	1274	805
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:30AM 2.51	5:32PM 2.92	6:07PM 2.37	6:37AM 2.35		6:51PM 2.99	7:26AM 1.96		7:50PM 3.17	8:13AM 3.08		8:39PM 3.34	8:57AM 3.05		9:13PM 3.02	9:38AM 3.15		9:57PM 3.35	10:21AM 3.39		10:38PM 3.60
Low Tide / height (m)	10:20PM 0.76	10:58AM 0.72		12:22AM 1.21		12:59PM 1.17	1:06AM 1.02		1:34PM 0.92	2:04AM 0.84		2:27PM 0.73	2:52AM 0.65		3:07PM 0.29		3:30AM 0.42	3:48PM 0.35		4:15AM 0.42	4:27PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	4	6	3	7	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	13	13	12	10	9	8	9	8	9	11	12	9	11	12	9	11	11	10	12	12	10
Low °C	9	13	12	11	10	8	8	8	7	9	9	9	6	9	10	8	10	10	9	11	11	9
Chill °C (?)	9	12	11	9	7	4	3	6	5	6	9	10	8	10	11	6	11	10	9	12	12	9
Sunrise	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	16	14	13	-	11	10	13	13	12	12	14	14	16	16	16	16	15	14	13	13	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	1.0 WSW	-	1.0 WSW	1.1 NW	-	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	-	-	0.5 SSE	-	0.4 S	1.0 WSW	0.2 S	-
Period (s)	16	-	16	-	13	8	-	24	21	16	18	-	4	6	-	-	5	-	4	16	4	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.9 NW	3.0 W	-	1.3 SE	4.0 S	1.0 S	2.1 S	1.2 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.4 SE	0.9 SSE	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	5	4	14	-	5	9	4	8	5	7	6	3	6	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sun	Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Belt Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki
Rating	4	4	3	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 SSE	4.5 SSE	4.5 SSE	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	14	14	16	16	15	14	14	8	9	11	10	10	11	9	10	10	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1590	1957	1173	263	284	285	1052	147	1807	3224	1208	2136	2486	1933	1684	1779	4778	6344	6023	2132	3249	1390
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)				5:09AM 2.35				5:17PM 1.93					6:02AM 2.83				6:46PM 2.82				7:11AM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)		10:22PM 0.78				11:28AM 1.19				11:47PM 1.15					12:14PM 0.71				1:01AM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	1	1	1	1	4	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	10	9	9	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	9
Chill °C (?)	10	9	8	7	7	13	11	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	4	6	4	4	4	4	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 W	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 NW	-	-	1.2 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	15	14	14	5	13	15	7	-	-	13	11	10	10	11	12	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.2 NW	1.3 WNW	-	-	0.4 NW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	8	8	16	16	15	-	-	-	11	14	13	8	8	-	-	8	24	24	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.4 NNW	0.9 NW	1.3 WNW	2.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	-	0.9 SE	-	4.0 SSE	4.5 SSE	4.5 SSE	1.3 S	2.4 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	5	5	3	4	5	14	14	8	9	-	-	4	-	9	10	10	10	9	-

	Sunday 17					Monday 18
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Belt Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki
Rating	4	4	3	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	0.7 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	16	16	14
Energy(?)	1599	2136	1569	267	272	269	1466	242	1182	1155	1125	1095	1095	1201	1473	1590	1344	1210	1217	1086	2216	1181
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											4:34AM 2.84
Low Tide / height (m)					10:54PM 1.19												10:48AM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-
High °C	11	11	11	10	10	9	11	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	9	9	7	9	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	13	12	10	10	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	0.7 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 NNW	0.1 S	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.2 NNW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	7	7	6	17	16	16	6	8	6	5	5	5	5	6	5	18	16	16	16	16	7	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	0.4 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 W	0.3 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4