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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	Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wed
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	0	4	4	0	3	1	0	2	1	0	4	4	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 W	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 W	0.9 WSW	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 W	0.7 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	20	18	16	16	15	6	14	7	7	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	490	1421	1135	581	658	170	361	343	339	606	1160	2365	1351	351	1616	1644	2091	1849	1505	1454	887	710
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:19AM 3.30		11:39PM 3.47	12:06PM 3.26		12:13AM 3.16	12:28PM 3.21		12:48AM 3.09	12:56PM 3.15	1:01PM 3.33	1:20AM 3.24		1:28PM 2.82	1:49AM 2.74		2:19PM 2.22	2:35AM 2.92		2:55PM 2.77	3:14AM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)		5:34PM 0.02		5:58AM 0.05	6:09PM 0.04		6:24AM 0.12	6:44PM 0.12		6:54AM 0.42		7:19PM 0.49	8:09AM 0.90		7:44PM 0.42	8:04AM 0.58		8:32PM 0.84	8:56AM 1.08		9:04PM 0.81	10:23AM 1.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	17	17	13	16	18	14	17	19	16	18	18	17	18	20	17	18	19	16	19	20	18	19
Low °C	14	16	13	14	16	11	16	18	13	17	17	17	18	19	16	17	18	15	17	19	17	17
Chill °C (?)	16	16	12	16	18	13	16	18	15	18	18	17	18	20	16	18	19	16	19	20	18	19
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16
Sunset	-	8:01	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 W	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	1.6 W	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 W	0.7 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	20	18	16	16	15	6	14	14	7	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 S	0.4 NW	0.9 WSW	0.5 NW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.6 NW	0.8 SSE	0.6 NW
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	-	14	16	8	15	10	10	-	12	15	12	6	11	7	7	11	6	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 SW	-	-	0.5 SW	0.6 NNW	0.8 WSW	1.8 W	0.7 NW	1.1 WSW	1.0 SW	-	-	1.3 W	-	-	-	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.8 S	1.0 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	10	4	6	7	5	7	7	-	-	6	-	-	-	7	6	7	6	-

	Wednesday 04					Thursday 05								Friday 06								Sat
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	3	3	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	19	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	6	14	14	14	7	13	13	13	14	7
Energy(?)	709	955	842	688	1229	1135	1225	1233	1100	573	478	390	150	611	485	416	240	305	323	331	399	339
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	on	on	on	glass	cross- off
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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:19AM 3.30				11:39PM 3.18				11:50AM 3.37				12:05AM 3.07				12:29PM 3.46
Low Tide / height (m)				5:45PM 0.01				5:48AM 0.06				6:10PM 0.28				6:16AM 0.11				6:45PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	17	17	14	13	13	13	13	15	17	17	16	14	13	11	11	15	17	18	18	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	16	16	14	12	12	13	13	15	16	16	15	13	13	11	11	14	16	17	18	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 W
Period (s)	11	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	16	13	13	13	14	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 S	-	-	0.2 S	-	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	19	11	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	-	-	9	-	5	6	13	16	16	12	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.2 W	0.4 WSW	-	-	1.5 W	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	-	-	11	-	10	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	6	5	-	-	7	6	6	6	6	5

	Wednesday 04	Thursday 05
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	3	3	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 W	0.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.4 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.5 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	756	813	490	549	964	936	1061	1108	1421	690	828	824	173	904	904	885	180	753	744	734	946	150
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)					11:19AM 3.30												11:58PM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)											5:33PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	14	15	16	17	17	17	17	15	17	16	13	14	14	14	11	12	12	12	11	10
Chill °C (?)	11	13	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	13	13	13	14	10	11	12	12	11	9
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.0 SW	0.7 W	0.9 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.5 S	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.5 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	6	11	20	6	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	10	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 S	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	0.4 W
Period (s)	11	20	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	-	-	18	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	-	-	1.1 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	-	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	11	-	10	10	-	5	5	5	10	-	-	-	-	-