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 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			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	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Bog Works Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	2	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	2	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 SW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	1.4 W	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	9	10	14	13	13	14	13	13	12	11	13	11	6	12	11	13	13	14
Energy(?)	357	977	487	2440	1398	722	1454	1253	1015	192	391	257	186	63	121	156	155	207	435	260	914	1631
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:33PM 2.78	9:58AM 2.38		10:21PM 2.37	10:52AM 2.75		10:38PM 3.37	11:28AM 2.76		11:11PM 3.13	11:22AM 3.13		11:44PM 3.13	11:57AM 3.09		12:17AM 3.37	12:31PM 3.25		12:51AM 2.97
Low Tide / height (m)		3:08PM 0.39	3:41AM 0.37		4:21PM 0.22		4:45AM 0.71	4:29PM 0.33		5:22AM 0.67	5:40PM 0.63		5:18AM 0.17	5:38PM 0.12		5:55AM 0.23	6:13PM 0.38		6:29AM 0.55	6:43PM 0.32		7:03AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	17	18	17	13	16	17	14	19	17	15	17	18	15	18	18	16	16	18	15	18
Low °C	17	19	15	15	14	12	14	16	14	15	16	14	15	17	13	17	17	16	16	15	14	16
Chill °C (?)	20	20	17	18	16	12	16	17	14	19	17	15	17	18	15	18	18	16	16	18	14	18
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41
Sunset	-	7:21	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.6 WNW	0.4 SW	-	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 SW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	16	-	9	10	14	13	13	14	13	13	12	11	9	11	10	12	11	10	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.2 S	-	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.3 N	0.3 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.2 S	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 N	1.4 S
Period (s)	20	12	16	-	15	14	8	-	15	-	-	4	15	13	13	-	11	6	13	13	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 WNW	3.5 WSW	1.5 S	-	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	-	0.5 N	-	-	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.4 W	-	-	-	1.3 S	1.8 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	10	10	6	-	5	5	4	-	4	-	-	5	3	4	6	-	-	-	7	7

	Monday 30							Tuesday 31								Wednesday 01
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	4	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	3	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	2.1 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.2 W	2.3 WSW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	16	9	9	10	10	10	9	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	580	1011	1062	356	374	331	246	2608	1755	860	965	3172	1316	1506	1412	1647	1019	1064	1095	1431	1253	1241
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:07AM 2.81				9:53PM 2.56								10:00PM 2.98					10:16AM 3.12
Low Tide / height (m)	2:43AM 0.74				3:44PM 0.37				3:29AM 0.55	4:04AM 0.81			3:49PM 0.22					4:10AM 0.41				4:29PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	6	3	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	19	20	19	18	17	16	15	15	16	18	19	14	12	12	13	12	14	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	16	17	19	20	19	18	17	14	13	14	16	18	19	12	10	11	12	11	14	16	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.5 WNW	0.1 N	2.2 W	2.3 WSW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	9	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	15	9	10	10	10	9	10	13	13	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 W	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.6 SSE	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	12	13	12	18	18	17	16	12	-	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	7	13	13	5	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	2.1 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	16	9	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	5	5	4

	Monday 30
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	4	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	3	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WNW	0.6 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	16
Energy(?)	601	778	804	160	255	255	307	926	994	349	363	1360	949	1050	1087	1056	999	990	1011	1456	1456	1456
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)								8:54AM 3.23													9:20PM 2.84
Low Tide / height (m)		2:37AM 0.52													3:08PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	17	19	19	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	17	18	17	19	19	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	1.2 WNW	0.6 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.5 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	11	13	6	20	20	20	13	13	19	19	13	12	12	12	12	17	17	16	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10