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 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	0	2	2	1	1	3	4	4	4	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	14	14	13	12	11	12	11	10	9	13	13
Energy(?)	562	689	563	1016	721	856	368	353	214	148	253	482	407	219	113	160	2422	2092	1506	1189	468	297
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:05AM 3.13		1:29PM 3.39	1:59AM 3.05		2:21PM 2.89	2:48AM 2.93		3:19PM 2.65	3:58AM 2.65		4:52PM 2.78		5:35AM 2.69	5:58PM 2.32		6:42AM 2.52		7:28PM 2.86	8:03AM 3.08
Low Tide / height (m)			7:28AM 0.18		7:51PM 0.20	8:18AM 0.37		8:37PM 0.63	9:10AM 0.55		9:45PM 0.64	10:21AM 0.73		11:03PM 1.13	11:52AM 1.02		12:14AM 0.76		1:17PM 1.01	1:46AM 0.95		2:17PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	12	2	1	-	-	-	2	2	-	2	1
High °C	18	16	23	21	19	21	18	18	20	18	17	16	18	19	22	22	18	19	19	19	19	19
Low °C	18	16	19	20	17	16	18	17	18	18	15	15	17	18	20	21	18	19	19	18	18	19
Chill °C (?)	18	16	23	21	19	21	18	18	20	17	16	14	17	18	22	22	18	19	19	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-
Sunset	7:32	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 N	2.1 N	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.1 W	0.9 NW
Period (s)	13	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	14	9	10	12	11	12	11	10	9	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.6 W	0.2 NNW	0.4 N	0.6 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 WSW	0.9 NNE	1.0 WSW	1.4 NNW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 NW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	11	18	11	4	5	4	4	5	18	7	14	11	13	12	12	14	14	13	7	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	1.0 NNE	1.1 SE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.7 NNW	1.2 NNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	5	6	6	4	-	9	8	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 22			Monday 23								Tuesday 24								Wednesday 25
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	919	816	611	537	695	569	670	660	1016	1348	1005	1335	699	628	617	832	700	546	302	265	204	260
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					1:13AM 3.21				1:23PM 3.03				1:57AM 3.32				2:12PM 2.81				2:53AM 3.11
Low Tide / height (m)							7:28AM 0.18				7:51PM 0.20				8:14AM 0.58				8:42PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	16	16	16	16	18	18	21	19	18	17	16	17	17	21	21	19	18	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	18	18	16	16	16	16	18	18	21	19	18	17	16	17	16	21	21	19	18	18	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 W	0.2 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.3 N
Period (s)	14	14	14	12	19	6	6	6	18	10	16	10	13	13	13	4	12	12	4	4	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 22	Monday 23
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	1027	798	728	489	666	667	678	465	673	822	671	706	416	483	509	698	724	715	438	486	428	691
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)													1:11AM 3.48
Low Tide / height (m)																			7:28AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	20	18	19	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	15	15	15	16	17	18	19
Chill °C (?)	18	20	18	19	18	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	15	15	15	16	17	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 W	0.2 NNW	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	19	12	19	19	19	19	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-