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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	Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Sat
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	2	2	2	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 SSW	2.2 WNW	1.7 W	1.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 W	1.8 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	11	10	9	12	12	6	8	7	16	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	7	11	7	13	9
Energy(?)	501	368	270	139	261	123	1012	401	1693	2312	2241	2684	2465	2158	2190	1789	1163	579	952	329	1340	676
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:36PM 2.13		5:24AM 2.67						7:12AM 3.06		7:43PM 2.96	7:55AM 3.20		8:27PM 3.18						10:22PM 2.84
Low Tide / height (m)	10:34AM 1.08		11:00PM 1.02	11:48AM 1.14							1:34PM 0.66	1:52AM 0.60		2:15PM 0.41	2:34AM 0.38					3:36PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	11	12	12	3	-	5	7	2	2	16	1	2	2	1	-	-	-	2	21	6
High °C	20	21	21	19	19	17	20	18	16	16	16	14	16	17	16	16	16	14	17	18	17	16
Low °C	18	20	17	17	18	16	18	16	16	16	15	14	16	16	15	15	15	13	16	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	20	21	21	19	18	16	20	17	16	14	15	12	14	16	14	14	14	12	16	17	16	14
Sunrise	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52
Sunset	-	6:02	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 W	0.7 WSW	1.7 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.5 S	1.8 WSW	0.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 W
Period (s)	11	10	9	12	12	6	8	11	12	14	13	12	12	12	16	16	10	12	11	14	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 NW	-	0.7 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 NW	0.5 NW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	8	13	-	11	19	16	7	13	20	18	18	12	11	15	12	16	12	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	0.6 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 W	2.2 WNW	1.7 W	-	-	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	2.1 W	-	1.4 W	2.2 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	5	5	-	3	5	5	8	7	-	-	-	12	12	11	11	10	-	7	-	7	7	8

	Saturday 11					Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tue
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	2	2	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 W	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 W	1.8 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	11	17	12
Energy(?)	501	557	368	247	261	230	215	223	212	123	261	723	618	580	676	1622	1012	450	401	1194	483	533
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	mid-flow	high	ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:50PM 2.51				5:25AM 2.37				5:56PM 2.60									7:29PM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)		10:25AM 1.03				11:00PM 1.02				11:48AM 1.20					12:11AM 1.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	11	13	1	9	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	9	6	-
Temp. °C	18	22	20	22	20	21	19	17	17	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	18	20	18	17	15	15
Chill °C (?)	18	22	20	22	20	21	19	16	16	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	17	20	17	16	14	14
Sunrise	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.8 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	13	15	12	12	8	8	11	11	11	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 NW	0.5 SW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 W	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 NW	-	0.7 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	8	13	13	19	12	14	13	-	11	20	19	18	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	-	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	0.8 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 W	2.2 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.2 W
Period (s)	5	-	5	-	4	3	3	9	4	4	5	12	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7

	Saturday 11																	Sunday 12
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	2	2	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	12	8	8
Energy(?)	555	659	501	396	481	382	465	484	458	299	249	247	243	210	199	26	22	22	22	155	25	24
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											4:50PM 2.51
Low Tide / height (m)					10:34AM 1.08													11:16PM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	18	18	19	20	23	20	20	23	22	22	21	21	20	17	17	18	17	21	17	17
Chill °C (?)	17	16	18	18	19	20	23	20	20	23	22	22	21	21	20	17	17	18	17	21	16	17
Sunrise	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	4	4	4	12	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	0.7 SSE	-	0.5 SSE	-	-	0.4 S	0.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	2	5	-	5	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	3	-	3	3