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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	Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Sat
	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	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	0.6 WSW	2.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 W	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.9 WSW	3.5 NW	4.5 W	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	14	16	15	15	15	14	13	8	10	12	14	15	15	15	14	8	11	12	13	11
Energy(?)	1305	169	2339	3756	3774	889	916	1793	964	1242	2282	3040	4485	5192	3582	2863	1746	2300	4687	5465	3711	1558
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)			8:47PM 2.82	9:37AM 2.22		9:50PM 2.34	10:12AM 2.35		10:10PM 3.24	10:30AM 3.27		10:43PM 3.27	11:02AM 3.33		11:00PM 2.92	11:20AM 2.97		11:35PM 2.93	11:55AM 2.98		12:19AM 3.17	12:37PM 3.25
Low Tide / height (m)		2:33PM 0.53	2:59AM 0.39		3:49PM 0.39		4:08AM 0.26	4:20PM 0.29		4:21AM 0.42	4:39PM 0.49		4:55AM 0.39	4:58PM 0.30		5:12AM 0.24	5:34PM 0.34		5:47AM 0.30	6:17PM 0.66		6:33AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	-	-	1	-	1	8	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	15	15	15	11	15	16	15	16	16	14	14	15	16	16	17	17	15	14	13	15
Low °C	13	15	15	15	13	10	14	15	15	16	16	13	14	14	13	16	17	14	14	13	12	14
Chill °C (?)	14	16	14	13	14	9	14	15	14	14	14	12	12	13	15	14	16	16	13	12	11	14
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	7:42	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	0.6 WSW	2.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 W	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.1 NW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	0.8 NNW	3.5 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	16	16	14	16	15	10	15	14	13	13	14	12	14	15	15	15	14	14	-	8	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 S	1.0 WSW	0.1 NW	-	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N
Period (s)	18	16	18	16	-	15	9	16	16	15	-	-	-	15	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 W	1.9 NW	-	2.5 W	-	-	1.7 NNW	3.5 NW	4.5 W	4.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	8	10	8	-	15	-	-	6	8	11	12	-	-

	Saturday 18					Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tue
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 W	0.6 WSW	1.5 WNW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	6	18	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	2501	1134	977	313	485	362	419	465	3756	4141	3287	1791	1473	2338	1946	1831	916	999	932	1399	1144	964
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	on	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	high	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	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:38AM 2.69				9:12PM 2.22				9:18AM 3.05				9:33PM 3.18				9:46AM 2.91					10:10PM 3.24
Low Tide / height (m)			2:33PM 0.53				3:36AM 0.37				3:28PM 0.63				3:33AM 0.30				3:53PM 0.35	4:05PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	13	11	10	9	9	14	15	16	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	11	14	13	14	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	11	8	10	9	9	13	14	15	15	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 W	0.6 WSW	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	3.0 W	0.1 NW	2.5 W	1.8 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	6	7	7	8	16	16	15	15	8	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	1.7 W	1.6 WSW	0.5 W	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	18	18	18	9	15	14	15	12	16	-	16	8	15	10	9	9	9	9	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	-	-	1.4 W	1.5 WNW	0.5 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	-	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	5	-	-	6	6	3	4	4	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	6	7

	Saturday 18																Sunday 19
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.4 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	17	18	18	15	15	15
Energy(?)	2743	1305	1305	385	388	334	334	207	1699	1699	1677	1634	1593	2100	2074	1808	1451	1735	1952	2363	2657	2692
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:31AM 2.66												8:44PM 2.76
Low Tide / height (m)																					3:08AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	13	15	16	17	17	17	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	15	15	14	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	10	11	12	14	15	16	16	16	12	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	14	14	12	14	14	14
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.4 W
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	17	18	18	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	18	18	18	8	10	10	10	16	18	18	18	18	17	19	19	19	17	17	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-