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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	Wed		Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wed
	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	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	2	1	1	2	4	2	3	3	3	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.8 S	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	1.1 WNW	2.4 NW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	2.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	5	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	14	13	13	14	12	10	11	9	10	9	8	13	13
Energy(?)	151	76	121	342	315	322	1340	845	840	697	412	337	67	1257	2543	2396	2027	1913	1748	409	1243	1550
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		3:58AM 2.65	4:03AM 2.56	4:52PM 2.78		5:35AM 2.69	6:07PM 1.79		6:50AM 2.05		8:03PM 2.37	8:14AM 2.63		8:45PM 2.60	9:07AM 2.81		9:41PM 2.21	10:13AM 2.70		10:01PM 3.28	10:17AM 3.41
Low Tide / height (m)		9:45PM 0.64	10:33AM 0.83		10:58PM 1.02	11:52AM 1.02		12:32AM 1.11		1:12PM 0.90	2:21AM 1.08		2:35PM 0.60	2:55AM 0.55		3:25PM 0.40	3:58AM 0.36	4:04AM 0.81	3:53PM 0.23		4:10AM 0.41	4:29PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	12	8	3	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	11	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	17	15	17	18	22	20	19	20	24	18	19	22	19	18	18	16	15	15	12	15	15
Low °C	19	15	14	16	18	21	19	18	18	19	17	18	20	18	18	16	15	15	14	10	14	14
Chill °C (?)	21	17	15	16	17	22	20	19	20	24	18	19	22	18	17	17	14	13	13	12	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-
Sunset	7:29	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:17
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 S	0.5 SW	2.5 N	3.0 N	1.1 WNW	2.4 NW	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.4 W	2.0 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	0.1 N	-	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	12	5	15	10	11	12	11	10	9	9	8	13	7	12	19	18	-	15	-	8	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	-	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	5	17	5	14	13	4	13	12	15	14	13	7	14	13	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 ESE	-	1.5 E	0.9 ESE	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.4 ESE	-	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	-	3	-	5	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	11	9	10	9	3	-	4

	Wednesday 25			Thursday 26								Friday 27								Saturday 28
	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	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	0	1	2	1	2	1	3	4	4	2	1	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 WNW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	1.7 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	1.2 WNW	0.9 W	2.2 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	15	15	14	14	14	12	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	229	240	215	234	173	327	101	375	131	283	115	315	118	933	1226	1176	359	195	1027	845	817	723
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	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
High Tide / height (m)	3:21PM 2.65					4:03AM 2.75				4:47PM 2.62				5:29AM 2.43				6:50PM 2.31				7:00AM 2.94
Low Tide / height (m)			9:48PM 0.69					10:33AM 1.08				11:09PM 0.86				12:05PM 0.90				12:32AM 1.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	15	10	4	5	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	17	18	17	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	19	21	23	22	19	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	20	19	17	17	16	13	14	14	15	16	17	17	17	18	19	21	23	22	19	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 N	1.1 N	1.3 N	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SW	3.0 N	0.4 WNW	3.0 N	3.0 NNW	2.5 N	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	1.2 WNW	0.9 W	2.2 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	6	7	7	15	14	14	10	12	11	10	9	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.7 SW	0.8 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.3 S	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	1.7 NW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.1 W	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	5	6	6	11	6	15	4	15	11	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	18	-	12	12	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.3 SSE	0.7 SSE	-	-	0.7 E	0.5 ESE	2.5 NNE	0.7 ESE	1.3 E	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 ENE	0.7 E	1.9 N	1.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	4	-	-	4	4	8	4	5	4	5	4	4	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 25										Thursday 26
	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	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	0	1	2	1	2	1	3	4	4	2	1	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.7 SW	1.1 SSE	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	4	12	5	12	5	12	12	11	11	11	16	16	16	15	15	15
Energy(?)	200	216	145	151	176	176	38	172	147	215	45	177	177	173	173	173	84	75	755	311	311	311
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			3:26PM 2.60													4:03AM 2.56
Low Tide / height (m)									9:33PM 0.59													10:33AM 1.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	6	5
High °C	20	20	20	20	18	17	18	19	17	18	15	18	18	18	17	17	15	15	16	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	20	18	16	18	19	17	18	15	18	18	18	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.2 N	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	1.6 NNE	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.6 N
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	5	12	5	6	6	7	7	7	5	5	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 N	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	6	6	19	18	12	6	12	12	12	6	6	6	16	16	16	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 S	0.6 NNE	1.1 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	-	3	3	-	3	4	4	5	5	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	5	5	5