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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	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tue
	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Sky Williams Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	4	0	0	4	4	0	4	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 W	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	20	18	16	16	8	9	8	9	9	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	12
Energy(?)	280	668	605	423	77	408	547	614	850	1049	953	2168	988	2146	1810	2101	1142	1498	716	1856	1332	451
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)	11:19AM 2.76		11:01PM 2.98	11:26AM 3.24		11:34PM 3.02	11:58AM 3.30		12:17AM 3.17	12:32PM 3.29		12:52AM 3.14		1:43PM 2.85	2:07AM 2.74		1:48PM 3.43	2:15AM 3.27		2:34PM 3.24	3:05AM 3.10
Low Tide / height (m)		5:25PM 0.15		5:14AM 0.15	5:28PM 0.10		5:48AM 0.08	6:12PM 0.03		6:24AM 0.04	6:49PM 0.29		6:57AM 0.09		8:04PM 0.68	7:46AM 0.50		8:11PM 0.51	8:33AM 0.69		8:57PM 0.71	9:29AM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	17	19	19	17	19	18	17	19	18	16	18	19	16	17	18	15	19	18	14	19
Low °C	18	19	16	18	18	16	18	18	17	18	17	13	16	17	14	17	18	15	16	17	12	17
Chill °C (?)	20	20	17	19	19	17	18	17	16	18	17	14	18	19	15	16	17	14	19	18	14	19
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:00
Sunset	-	8:17	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.2 NNW	1.3 W	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	8	11	16	16	10	15	16	14	9	13	13	14	14	8	14	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.1 N	0.3 W	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.1 WSW	-	1.0 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	0.1 NW	0.5 S	0.1 NW	-
Period (s)	18	18	16	22	11	18	11	11	13	18	9	9	13	-	16	9	9	-	8	5	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.5 W	1.5 W	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.2 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	3	6	7	8	9	8	9	-	-	-	-	7	14	-	-	-	8

	Tuesday 17					Wednesday 18								Thursday 19								Fri
	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	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	1	1	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 W	0.9 W	1.3 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.0 W	2.3 W	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	19	5	6	17	16	16	16	7	8	8
Energy(?)	153	106	194	550	586	538	568	553	639	337	379	423	663	85	177	509	547	601	614	677	797	850
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- 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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:09AM 2.48				10:58PM 2.92				11:22AM 3.21				12:16AM 2.76				11:55AM 3.63				12:16AM 3.48
Low Tide / height (m)				5:02PM 0.24				5:12AM 0.16				5:34PM 0.09				5:48AM 0.29				6:10PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	20	19	16	15	17	16	18	19	19	19	16	14	13	17	18	19	18	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	18	19	20	19	16	15	17	16	18	19	19	19	16	13	12	16	17	18	17	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.6 S	0.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 N
Period (s)	6	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	17	16	7	16	16	15	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 WSW	0.2 W	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	9	11	18	16	16	16	16	15	21	21	20	20	19	18	18	11	11	16	11	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	0.8 W	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.3 WNW	1.7 W	2.0 W	2.3 W	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	5	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8

	Tuesday 17																Wednesday 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	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	1	1	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 W	0.7 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	5	5	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	152	152	280	703	841	809	808	788	717	411	406	409	662	108	67	353	364	322	355	354	354	331
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	on	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				10:51AM 3.10													11:06PM 3.33
Low Tide / height (m)										4:58PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	18	18	19	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	14	17	18	18	19	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	16
Sunrise	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	6	6	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	5	5	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	8	8	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-