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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	Wed		Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wed
	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	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.2 WSW	1.4 W	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	6	12	7	7	8	10	12	13	12	12	14	14	9	11	11	10	10	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	151	189	259	321	385	344	847	586	875	1185	1121	627	782	2067	2039	1362	695	1237	866	598	427	367
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:54AM 3.23		2:48PM 2.69	3:13AM 2.52		2:56PM 3.20	3:22AM 2.92		3:41PM 2.95		4:10AM 2.78	4:33PM 2.79		5:06AM 2.68	5:34PM 2.68		6:19AM 2.65	6:45PM 2.64		7:24AM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)		7:51PM 0.53	8:03AM 0.61		9:10PM 0.88	8:46AM 0.46		9:18PM 0.78	9:35AM 0.95		9:55PM 0.60	10:26AM 1.10		10:53PM 1.03	11:24AM 1.21		11:54PM 1.11	12:37PM 1.26		1:07AM 1.13		1:39PM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	17	20	20	17	20	19	18	20	21	18	20	20	19	18	17	16	18	18	16	19	19
Low °C	19	14	18	19	16	19	18	16	19	20	18	20	19	16	17	16	14	17	18	16	17	18
Chill °C (?)	20	16	20	20	16	20	18	17	20	21	18	20	20	18	17	16	15	17	18	15	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-
Sunset	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:51
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 W	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 W	0.6 WSW	-	3.0 W	1.2 W	1.4 W	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	14	15	10	19	13	12	12	14	9	14	-	11	11	10	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.1 N	0.9 WSW	0.1 N	-	-	-	1.0 W	-	0.2 W	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	7	14	14	-	14	13	13	18	16	16	12	14	12	-	-	-	12	-	9	9	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 W	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	3.0 W	-	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNW
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	8	7	12	7	-	-	-	-	9	11	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Wednesday 07			Thursday 08								Friday 09								Saturday 10
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	8	8	7	10	11	12	6	6	13	12	12
Energy(?)	176	204	208	214	163	253	259	243	321	303	120	385	459	361	344	577	847	331	491	583	1296	1299
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	1:30PM 3.51				2:29AM 2.62				2:13PM 3.33				2:38AM 3.08				2:56PM 3.14				3:22AM 2.62
Low Tide / height (m)			7:51PM 0.53				8:03AM 0.67				8:33PM 0.32				8:48AM 0.78				9:18PM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	17	15	14	15	18	20	20	19	16	16	16	17	19	20	19	18	18	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	18	17	16	14	13	14	18	20	20	18	15	15	15	16	19	20	18	17	17	16	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 W	1.3 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	7	7	12	11	11	14	14	11	15	10	10	10	20	19	13	11	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	12	12	14	14	14	-	-	11	14	13	13	13	13	13	18	13	18	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 NNW	0.5 NNW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	7	5	4	7	7	7	7	6	7	8	8	7	7	11	12	6	6	7	-	-

	Wednesday 07										Thursday 08
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.5 W	1.5 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	6	6	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	12	12	12	7	7	7	7	7	6	7
Energy(?)	190	167	176	178	180	204	206	207	208	213	214	189	213	216	262	241	238	253	250	262	335	342
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	1:30PM 3.51												1:54AM 3.23
Low Tide / height (m)							7:51PM 0.59													8:03AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	19	20	19	19	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	17
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	20	19	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	7	7	14	14	14	14	14	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.5 W	1.5 W	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 NNW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7