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 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.0 SW	1.2 WSW	0.8 W	1.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 W	1.4 WSW	2.3 W	1.9 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.3 W	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	6	7	7	7	8	10	12	13	12	12	7	9	7	11	11	11	10	12	11	11
Energy(?)	170	132	178	197	229	74	449	323	364	612	970	1185	314	576	517	1214	2519	2005	1229	1493	1223	788
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	on	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:05AM 3.04		2:05PM 2.81	1:50AM 2.92		2:13PM 3.33	2:38AM 3.08		2:56PM 3.14	3:57AM 2.41		3:39PM 2.65		4:10AM 2.78	4:33PM 2.79		5:41AM 2.25	5:32PM 1.84		6:19AM 2.65	6:45PM 2.64
Low Tide / height (m)		7:17AM 0.15		7:49PM 0.22	8:03AM 0.61		8:35PM 0.65	8:48AM 0.78		9:53PM 0.96	10:10AM 1.08		10:03PM 0.97	10:26AM 1.10		10:53PM 1.03	11:59AM 1.25		11:54PM 1.17	12:37PM 1.26		1:07AM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	19	20	17	20	21	16	20	19	18	19	22	18	21	25	20	18	18	15	17	19	13
Low °C	16	18	19	13	18	19	16	19	18	16	18	20	16	20	22	19	16	17	12	16	17	11
Chill °C (?)	15	18	20	16	20	21	15	20	18	17	19	22	17	21	25	20	17	17	13	16	19	13
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:46	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 SW	0.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.4 SW	1.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 W	-	2.3 W	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	7	11	10	10	12	13	12	12	15	9	14	11	11	-	10	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 S	0.1 NW	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.2 W	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 S	0.8 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	14	14	7	14	11	11	15	14	19	18	16	16	8	14	-	13	-	-	12	12	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.5 W	1.0 SW	-	0.8 W	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	-	1.7 W	-	2.3 W	1.3 NNW	-	3.0 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	7	-	7	8	7	6	6	-	-	7	-	7	6	-	11	-	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 07								Thursday 08								Friday 09
	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	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 W	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	8	7	10	11
Energy(?)	233	238	291	244	132	190	208	204	208	299	400	262	229	223	277	312	110	240	426	319	323	347
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:45AM 2.71				1:30PM 3.51				2:29AM 2.62				2:13PM 3.33				2:38AM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)					7:19AM 0.46				7:51PM 0.53				8:03AM 0.67				9:10PM 0.88				8:48AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	15	16	18	19	19	18	17	15	14	15	17	20	21	19	16	16	15	16	19	20
Chill °C (?)	15	16	14	16	18	18	18	17	16	14	13	14	17	20	21	18	15	15	14	15	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 SW	1.5 W	0.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	6	6	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	7	11	14	14	11	15	10	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.6 SW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 SW	-	0.1 NW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.2 W
Period (s)	6	12	13	12	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	14	11	14	-	-	11	-	13	13	14	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.4 W	-	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 W	1.5 WNW	1.4 SW	-	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	-	7	7	7	6	7	8	7	7	6

	Tuesday 06				Wednesday 07
	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	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	1.4 W	1.4 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	6	13	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	239	237	65	233	173	170	168	169	167	159	159	163	163	139	132	182	158	158	197	208	208	208
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)							1:10AM 3.36												1:30PM 3.57
Low Tide / height (m)													7:19AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	17	18	19	20	20	20	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	14	14	16	16	16	18	19	20	20	20	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	13	13	6	13	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	6	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	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
Period (s)	6	6	13	6	14	14	14	6	6	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	7	7	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	-	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 W	1.4 W	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	4	4	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6