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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	Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Mon
	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	Paritutu and Ngamotu Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Desperation Point Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	4	3	2	2	1	0	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 NW	0.6 W	1.5 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	0.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	7	12	12	11	10	9	9	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	15	14	14	13	13	12
Energy(?)	378	316	116	133	785	986	634	427	53	872	1177	1354	266	1243	1228	1495	1537	1283	999	751	689	489
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	on	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)			9:02PM 3.00	9:29AM 3.07		9:25PM 2.72	9:59AM 3.00		10:20PM 2.83	11:13AM 2.64		10:48PM 2.98	11:11AM 3.31		11:27PM 3.16	11:44AM 3.32		11:57PM 2.97	12:13PM 3.11		12:38AM 3.09	12:55PM 3.23
Low Tide / height (m)		2:58PM 0.80	3:16AM 0.64		3:38PM 0.71	3:36AM 0.38		4:09PM 0.58		5:04AM 0.81	4:55PM 0.32		5:03AM 0.56	5:17PM 0.46		5:38AM 0.61	5:57PM 0.74		6:08AM 0.59	6:28PM 0.72		6:50AM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	6	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	18	23	16	24	19	18	18	19	17	17	18	15	21	19	17	18	19	17	18	19	17	20
Low °C	15	20	15	20	19	17	17	18	16	16	17	14	20	18	16	18	18	16	18	18	16	18
Chill °C (?)	18	23	16	24	19	18	18	19	17	16	18	15	21	19	17	18	19	17	18	19	17	20
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	8:13	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 NW	0.6 W	1.5 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	0.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.8 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	7	12	12	11	10	9	9	13	14	13	6	13	13	14	15	14	14	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 NW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 WSW	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.6 W	0.3 N	0.5 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	10	8	16	13	11	11	11	8	8	8	13	12	7	18	4	5	4	12	5	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.4 NNW	0.8 N	0.3 NE	1.3 N	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	-	-	1.0 W	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	-	1.0 S
Period (s)	5	5	5	2	6	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	6	-	-	3	-	-	5	5	-	5

	Monday 17					Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thu
	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	Arawhata Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Paritutu and Ngamotu Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Desperation Point Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	1.1 W	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	371	318	208	172	154	212	55	112	318	136	315	996	891	1060	845	695	576	529	438	397	344	309
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:43AM 2.77				9:02PM 3.00				9:33AM 2.76	10:04AM 2.51			9:41PM 3.06									10:18PM 3.12
Low Tide / height (m)			2:58PM 0.80				3:11AM 0.55				3:50PM 0.44				3:53AM 0.57					4:09PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	16	18	19	19	17	15	16	17	20	25	21	20	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	15	18	19	19	17	14	15	16	20	25	21	20	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	1.1 W	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 N	0.7 NNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	5	5	8	8	14	10	10	7	8	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 N	0.8 N	-	-	0.8 N	1.0 N	1.4 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	5	5	6	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 17																Tuesday 18
	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	Arawhata Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Paritutu and Ngamotu Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Desperation Point Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	7	10	10	10
Energy(?)	451	389	378	332	335	384	234	219	182	49	56	158	156	291	154	156	203	116	116	55	59	59
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:48AM 2.94												8:56PM 2.75	9:02PM 3.00
Low Tide / height (m)								2:53PM 0.70	3:03PM 0.61												3:16AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	15	16	17	22	19	19	21	19	17	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	12	14	14	15	16	22	19	18	21	19	17	19	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	15
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	7	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.7 NNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	11	8	5	8	8	8	8	10	10	14	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.4 NNW	0.9 N	0.9 NNW	1.0 N	0.2 SSW	-	0.8 NNW	-	1.0 N	0.8 N	0.9 N	1.1 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	1.4 NNW	1.4 N	1.4 N
Period (s)	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	2	-	6	-	5	5	5	6	5	5	6	6	6