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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	Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Fri
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 S	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 W	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	12	7	12	12	18	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	7	7	7	11	11	8	7
Energy(?)	192	176	414	422	588	756	716	485	684	417	509	560	257	219	218	241	79	229	188	165	261	329
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:49PM 3.00	10:25AM 3.59		10:49PM 3.44	11:14AM 3.69		11:33PM 3.14	11:58AM 3.36		12:20AM 3.12	12:44PM 3.32		1:05AM 3.04		1:28PM 3.21	1:50AM 2.92		2:09PM 3.04	2:27AM 2.70
Low Tide / height (m)		3:41PM 0.27		4:11AM 0.44	4:39PM 0.43		5:01AM 0.35	5:29PM 0.37		5:45AM 0.02	6:17PM 0.07		6:31AM 0.05		7:03PM 0.12	7:17AM 0.15		7:49PM 0.22	8:02AM 0.30		8:26PM 0.33	8:48AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	17	18	19	16	19	20	15	19	21	15	19	19	15	18	20	16	19	19	17	19
Low °C	18	18	14	17	19	14	17	19	13	17	19	14	18	18	14	17	17	15	18	18	16	18
Chill °C (?)	19	19	17	18	19	15	19	20	15	19	21	15	19	19	14	17	20	15	18	18	16	19
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 S	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 W
Period (s)	7	6	13	12	10	12	7	11	11	11	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 S	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	6	14	8	6	12	20	12	18	16	15	11	4	6	14	14	14	8	14	14	14	8	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	1.8 S	1.6 SSE	0.3 S	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 W	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.9 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	7	7	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	8	7

	Friday 02					Saturday 03								Sunday 04								Mon
	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	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 S	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.6 SSE	0.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	7	7	7	12	7	19	12	11	18	17	16	16
Energy(?)	124	156	176	205	236	254	234	266	518	712	588	722	714	756	666	636	619	604	754	380	758	533
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	on	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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)	9:29AM 3.24				9:56PM 3.33					10:22AM 3.23				10:44PM 3.11				11:11AM 3.33				11:33PM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)			3:41PM 0.27					4:11AM 0.44				4:37PM 0.16				4:56AM 0.05				5:26PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	19	18	17	16	14	14	17	18	19	19	16	15	14	14	17	19	20	21	15	15
Chill °C (?)	18	19	19	18	17	16	13	13	17	18	19	19	15	14	12	13	17	19	20	21	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	7	7	6	6	7	7	8	12	12	12	10	10	10	12	10	9	12	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 S	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	7	6	14	14	14	13	13	7	7	6	12	12	12	20	12	12	18	18	18	17	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	1.8 S	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.6 SSW	-	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	-	4

	Friday 02	Saturday 03
	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	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	147	198	192	191	187	156	154	177	319	331	296	298	297	335	335	332	332	318	409	236	311	330
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	glass	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			9:26AM 3.07												9:51PM 3.03
Low Tide / height (m)									3:43PM 0.28												3:55AM 0.13	4:05AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	13	14	13
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	13	8	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	8	13	13	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2