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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	Fri	Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	4	4	0	4	0	0	2	4	0	4	3	0	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NNW	1.7 SW	2.3 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	7	8	9	10	9	9	18	7	16	14	14	14	12	12	12	13	12	11	12	11	11
Energy(?)	236	496	876	1290	1170	1570	1749	3864	305	1813	793	1568	921	403	311	348	418	442	627	639	385	480
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:16AM 2.32		7:43PM 2.62	8:11AM 2.90		8:37PM 2.86	8:56AM 3.04		9:22PM 2.72	9:41AM 2.96		9:53PM 2.84	10:13AM 3.43		10:59PM 2.51	11:25AM 2.86		11:07PM 3.15	11:22AM 3.28		11:51PM 3.58
Low Tide / height (m)	12:44AM 1.04		1:39PM 1.21	2:01AM 1.07		3:07PM 1.10	2:50AM 0.90		3:28PM 0.56	3:26AM 0.46		3:50PM 0.31	3:56AM 0.26	4:08AM 0.39	4:28PM 0.29		5:20AM 0.59	5:19PM -0.06		5:14AM -0.00	5:38PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	17	16	18	17	16	17	18	16	19	19	14	17	18	16	20	23	17	20	20	15
Low °C	16	16	16	12	16	17	16	16	16	16	17	18	13	16	17	15	18	18	16	17	17	13
Chill °C (?)	20	19	16	15	17	16	15	16	17	15	19	19	14	16	18	16	20	23	16	20	20	14
Sunrise	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.4 SW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.1 NW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	11	11	22	10	9	9	18	17	16	7	14	14	12	12	12	13	19	11	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.7 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.1 NW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.1 N	0.3 SSW	0.1 N	1.1 SW	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 N	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	-	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.1 NW	0.7 S
Period (s)	13	9	8	8	20	13	12	12	15	12	14	19	18	18	3	18	19	-	6	6	17	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 SW	2.3 SSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 NW	-	-	-	1.2 SW	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	-
Period (s)	-	7	8	9	-	-	-	-	7	8	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	12	6	6	6	-

	Fri	Saturday 14								Sunday 15								Monday 16
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Mangahume Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	3	4	4	4	4	0	0	2	2	4	4	5	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.7 WSW	1.7 SW	0.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	13	9	12	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	12	13	14	18
Energy(?)	192	151	243	304	496	102	576	614	965	1297	1331	1116	1493	1322	1460	400	397	1749	2336	3944	1944	3135
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	on
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					7:16AM 2.72				7:58PM 2.23				8:07AM 2.44				9:12PM 2.33				8:51AM 2.87
Low Tide / height (m)		12:47AM 1.06					1:39PM 1.27				1:53AM 0.90				2:32PM 0.98				2:34AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	18	15	16	18	21	16	15	14	14	14	17	18	18	17	14	15	14	15	16	17
Chill °C (?)	20	19	17	13	15	18	21	15	15	13	13	13	17	17	17	17	14	14	14	15	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	11	7	11	10	9	9	10	10	10	20	13	9	9	9	9	13	14	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 NNW	0.5 SSW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	0.1 NW	0.4 WSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 N
Period (s)	5	13	13	12	9	6	8	8	6	6	21	21	20	13	20	13	14	12	12	18	18	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	-	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	5	7	-	8	8	-	-	5	-	-	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	7	-

	Friday 13				Saturday 14
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Mangahume Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	3	4	4	4	4	0	0	2	2	4	4	5	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NNW	0.5 SW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.1 SW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	9	9	9	14	9	9	13	13	12	12	13	6	7	6	7	8	7	8	8	8
Energy(?)	211	128	179	179	236	12	233	244	170	339	450	304	207	392	496	117	202	648	520	734	664	584
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)													7:06AM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)																			1:21PM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	19	19	16	17
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	16	16	14	14	15	14	14	16	17	15	19	19	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	1.1 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.3 WNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.6 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	4	9	9	9	9	12	9	13	11	11	6	7	8	8	11	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.5 SW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 WSW	0.1 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.6 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 WSW	0.2 W	0.4 NW	0.8 WSW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	5	11	5	5	13	14	13	13	13	13	9	12	9	9	9	11	11	11	24	8	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	-	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSE	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SSE	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	6	5	5	6	7	-	6	6	7	8	7	8