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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	Tue		Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	4	0	0	4	4	0	4	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	0.5 W	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.3 W	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 W	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	7	20	18	16	16	8	9	8	9	9	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	12
Energy(?)	668	605	52	84	416	560	591	904	859	702	2252	437	1920	1808	1932	1226	1520	580	1518	827	454	389
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		11:27PM 2.44	11:16AM 3.14		11:53PM 3.10	11:50AM 3.21		12:34AM 2.60	12:50PM 2.73		1:28AM 2.79		1:08PM 3.57	1:47AM 2.54		1:48PM 3.43	2:15AM 3.27		2:34PM 3.24	3:05AM 3.10		3:31PM 3.02
Low Tide / height (m)			5:04AM 0.16	5:28PM 0.10		5:40AM 0.07	6:12PM 0.03		6:41AM 0.00	6:49PM 0.29	7:24PM 0.63	7:39AM 0.68		7:37PM 0.03	7:46AM 0.50		8:11PM 0.51	8:33AM 0.69		8:57PM 0.71	9:29AM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	17	20	19	17	18	18	17	19	18	16	19	19	16	17	19	16	20	21	15	19	19
Low °C	19	16	17	19	16	17	18	17	18	18	13	15	17	14	16	17	12	16	19	14	17	19
Chill °C (?)	20	17	20	19	16	17	17	16	18	17	14	19	19	15	16	18	14	20	21	14	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:00	-
Sunset	8:17	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:13
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	0.5 W	0.3 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 W	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 W	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	7	8	11	16	16	15	14	16	14	9	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.2 W	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.7 W	-	1.0 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W
Period (s)	18	16	8	11	18	11	11	10	18	9	9	13	-	16	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.7 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	7	4	6	7	8	9	8	9	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18								Thursday 19								Friday 20
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	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
Rating	0	1	3	3	2	2	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	0.5 S	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WSW	1.6 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	7	20	11	19	5	18	6	16	16	16	7	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	259	74	586	538	316	457	639	68	84	404	86	86	478	251	560	608	591	442	753	904	937	1029
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	high-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	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:58PM 2.92				11:42AM 2.62				12:16AM 2.76				11:55AM 3.63				12:16AM 3.48
Low Tide / height (m)						5:04AM 0.16				5:33PM 0.35				6:08AM 0.03				6:10PM 0.29				6:25AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	15	14	16	15	18	20	20	18	16	14	17	15	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	20	19	15	14	16	15	18	20	20	18	16	13	16	14	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.5 S	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.7 WSW	0.3 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.1 N	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	11	8	8	18	17	16	7	16	14	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.5 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	18	11	16	16	16	16	21	11	11	20	19	18	11	8	11	16	11	11	14	10	19	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 W	-	-	0.2 N	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	0.8 W	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.3 WNW	1.7 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	4	-	-	7	7	-	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	9

	Tuesday 17	Wednesday 18
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	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
Rating	0	1	3	3	2	2	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 W	0.5 S	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.2 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.1 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	5	5	11	5	5	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	269	77	668	696	786	613	614	75	75	353	69	69	355	61	354	331	329	327	284	419	423	337
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross	off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)											11:41PM 2.69
Low Tide / height (m)																	5:13AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	16	16	17	15	14	18	14	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	19
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	16	16	17	15	13	18	14	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.5 S	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.2 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.1 WSW	0.6 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	18	8	11	11	11	11	11	5	5	11	5	5	11	5	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	11	18	17	16	16	16	8	8	16	8	8	16	8	16	16	16	15	15	22	22	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.9 W	-	-	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	5	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-