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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	Sat	Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18
	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	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki
Rating	1	0	0	3	0	2	3	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 WNW	0.9 WSW	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.9 WNW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	2.1 NW	1.8 W	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	6	11	7	12	14	13	6	12	11	11	9	9	9	6	6	6	9	15	14
Energy(?)	187	132	229	110	599	448	629	3043	1655	694	2238	3262	2241	1603	1168	476	266	197	909	568	1285	3099
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:25AM 2.37					6:54PM 2.76	7:12AM 3.00		7:43PM 2.96	7:55AM 3.20						9:09AM 2.49			9:57AM 3.42
Low Tide / height (m)	11:00PM 1.02						1:06AM 0.83		1:34PM 0.66	1:52AM 0.60					2:56PM 0.21		3:06AM 0.03			3:52AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	mod. rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	17	12	14	3	18	7	1	2	1	9	1	-	3	2	-	-	-	2	26	1	7	27
High °C	20	19	18	17	18	16	15	16	16	13	16	16	16	17	16	15	18	19	18	18	17	16
Low °C	17	18	18	16	18	15	14	16	14	12	15	16	16	16	15	11	13	16	17	18	16	16
Chill °C (?)	20	19	18	16	17	15	14	15	15	12	14	14	14	16	14	13	18	18	17	17	16	14
Sunrise	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.3 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 S	1.2 W	0.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.8 W	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	9	12	12	6	11	11	12	14	13	6	12	12	16	16	15	9	6	9	11	9	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 NW	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	-
Period (s)	12	8	13	11	13	19	16	12	13	12	-	-	12	11	11	15	9	10	14	17	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 W	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	1.6 WNW	1.9 WNW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.5 N	1.2 W	2.1 NW	0.4 NNE	1.1 WNW	2.5 NNW
Period (s)	-	4	5	6	6	7	6	-	9	6	12	11	11	9	9	9	4	6	6	4	9	8

	Sat	Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tuesday 14
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Weld Road 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	Back Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	2	0	4	3	2	2	0	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	2.5 W	1.1 WSW	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	7	12	8	7	6	8	11	13	12	16	14	14	14
Energy(?)	261	230	215	185	160	211	229	250	447	525	621	1827	697	338	1143	1396	765	629	618	3108	1020	1847
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	on
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	ebb	ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	ebb	ebb	ebb	low	ebb	high	ebb	ebb	mid-flow	ebb	ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:16AM 2.30				5:56PM 2.60									6:44PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)		11:00PM 1.02									12:11AM 1.06				12:47PM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	5	7	8	13	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	9	2	-	-	-	1	1	2
Temp. °C	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	19	18	16	15	13	15	15	16	15	17
Chill °C (?)	20	19	19	19	17	17	18	17	17	16	16	15	18	17	15	14	12	14	14	15	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.1 SW	2.4 W	1.6 W	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.5 W	1.1 WSW	2.1 W
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	13	15	12	7	8	7	11	11	11	13	12	12	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 W	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.9 WSW	-	0.6 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.4 NW	0.7 SW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	8	13	13	19	12	14	12	-	11	20	14	8	17	16	16	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	-	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.1 SSE	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 WSW	1.5 W	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.4 WNW	-	1.1 W	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.0 NNW	1.6 W	-
Period (s)	4	-	3	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	7	6	8	-	7	6	7	7	8	-

	Saturday 11					Sunday 12
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Weld Road 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	Back Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	2	0	4	3	2	2	0	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.9 S	1.1 S	0.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	10	10	10	12	9	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	4	12	12	5	5	5	6	5	12
Energy(?)	304	265	313	277	190	227	158	155	153	154	142	20	20	40	132	271	150	73	73	394	100	63
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												5:26AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)					11:00PM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	8	1	2	1	1	2	-	2	4	4	9	7
High °C	20	20	20	20	20	19	20	19	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	18	17	18	19
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	20	20	19	20	19	18	18	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	19	18	15	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 W	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	8	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.4 NW	0.2 W	0.1 NW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	12	12	12	8	8	13	8	8	13	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.9 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	4	4	2	2	4	-	-	2	2	2	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	4