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 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	0	4	1	0	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	3	4	0	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.5 SW	1.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	0.9 WNW	1.7 NW	1.0 WNW	1.2 W	2.3 NW	2.5 WNW	2.4 W
Period(s) (?)	13	14	15	14	14	13	8	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	9	8	8	8	9	10	9
Energy(?)	910	952	1503	149	659	92	896	631	617	371	299	245	185	103	12	150	422	146	207	812	1368	997
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	11:12PM 2.77	11:33AM 2.88		11:48PM 2.72	12:16PM 2.89		12:31AM 2.71	12:55PM 3.23		1:12AM 2.64		1:37PM 2.75	2:02AM 2.08		2:24PM 3.04	2:56AM 2.81		3:52PM 2.43			4:10PM 2.75
Low Tide / height (m)		5:22AM 0.37	5:47PM 0.47		6:04AM 0.43	6:27PM 0.53		6:50AM 0.77		7:11PM 0.63	7:24AM 0.60		7:52PM 0.52	8:07AM 0.66		8:49PM 1.03	9:40AM 1.12		10:18PM 1.13	9:58AM 0.80		10:39PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	-
High °C	14	18	18	13	18	18	14	16	19	14	18	20	17	18	25	19	18	23	19	19	18	15
Low °C	13	16	17	12	16	16	13	15	16	14	17	20	16	18	23	18	18	21	19	19	18	14
Chill °C (?)	13	18	18	13	18	18	12	15	19	14	18	20	17	17	25	19	18	23	19	19	18	14
Sunrise	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.5 W	1.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	1.2 W	0.1 W	2.5 WNW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	13	14	15	9	14	13	13	7	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	11	12	8	15	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.5 SW	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.1 N	1.2 WSW	1.0 SW	0.1 N	0.6 SSE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.1 N	-	0.1 S	-	0.2 WSW	-
Period (s)	12	6	13	14	12	5	12	12	8	11	5	16	15	9	13	13	13	-	10	-	15	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.9 N	1.7 N	0.8 NW	-	1.7 NW	1.0 WNW	0.4 N	2.3 NW	0.2 WSW	2.4 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	-	-	-	-	4	4	6	4	-	8	8	3	9	10	9

	Fri	Saturday 22								Sunday 23								Monday 24
	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 W	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 W	2.0 WNW	1.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	6	7	7	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1261	1129	1129	1129	952	662	1018	1193	1301	1107	1087	1087	76	607	561	533	219	340	811	1217	631	420
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:12PM 2.77				11:36AM 2.94				11:56PM 2.81				12:16PM 2.89					1:13AM 2.52			12:54PM 2.81
Low Tide / height (m)				5:22AM 0.37				5:57PM 0.74				6:06AM 0.44				6:33PM 0.82	7:08PM 0.99			6:44AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	12	12	16	18	18	17	14	14	14	14	17	18	17	16	13	11	10	12	15	17
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	12	16	18	18	16	13	14	14	14	17	18	16	15	12	9	8	11	14	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 W	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.4 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.8 W	1.5 SW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	8	14	13	13	13	13	7	13	7	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 W	-	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.1 N	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	7	7	6	6	-	6	13	13	5	5	5	14	12	12	8	-	13	13	11	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 W	2.0 WNW	1.6 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	6	7	7	8	-	-

	Friday 21				Saturday 22
	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 W	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1306	1287	1261	1243	814	449	810	807	1175	1175	1176	1131	225	938	949	991	205	205	205	1894	1223	1144
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	off	glass	glass	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					11:18PM 2.83													12:19PM 2.68
Low Tide / height (m)											5:30AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	13	12	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	17	19	19	18	18	16	18
Chill °C (?)	15	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	15	16	17	19	19	18	18	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 W	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 N	0.4 SSE	0.1 NW
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	12	7	12	7	5	5	5	5	14	6	6	6	6	6	6	13	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.5 NNW	-	-	-	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.4 WSW	-	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	4	-	-	-	6	6	6	3	-	3