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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	Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tue
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	0	3	2	2	3	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	0.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.5 SW	1.9 NW	1.9 WNW	1.2 W	1.7 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	12	11	14	16	13	13	11	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	11	10	10	13
Energy(?)	856	368	353	214	216	234	454	181	411	153	867	829	296	909	693	506	377	93	525	802	1782	3316
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:12PM 2.81	2:43AM 2.78		3:19PM 2.65		4:08AM 2.92	4:35PM 2.45		5:13AM 2.48	6:07PM 2.39		7:00AM 2.94		7:23PM 2.69	8:38AM 2.52		8:24PM 2.83	8:49AM 3.05		9:33PM 2.78	9:58AM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)			8:35PM 0.39	9:10AM 0.55		9:43PM 0.97	10:33AM 1.08		11:01PM 0.79	11:43AM 0.79		12:14AM 0.76		1:16PM 0.75	1:41AM 0.84		2:20PM 0.81	2:38AM 0.64		2:59PM 0.32	3:41AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	15	21	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-
High °C	20	18	18	19	19	17	16	17	18	20	20	18	22	20	17	19	19	19	20	19	17	16
Low °C	17	18	17	18	17	15	15	16	17	18	18	17	19	18	16	18	19	16	19	18	15	15
Chill °C (?)	20	18	18	19	19	16	15	16	17	20	20	18	22	20	17	19	19	19	20	18	16	14
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35
Sunset	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 N	1.7 N	0.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	3.0 NNW	1.9 NW	1.9 WNW	1.2 W	1.7 W	1.2 W	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.2 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	3.0 W
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	12	6	8	16	13	10	11	10	10	10	9	13	13	13	11	12	16	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.6 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	1.1 N	0.4 WSW	0.4 NNW	-
Period (s)	4	5	5	4	5	11	14	14	13	13	13	16	-	14	13	7	7	10	6	17	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 NE	1.9 N	1.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	1.7 WNW	2.5 W	1.6 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	3	8	6	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	10	10	11

	Tuesday 24					Wednesday 25								Thursday 26								Fri
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 NW	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	1.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	16	15	14	13	16	13	13
Energy(?)	617	820	686	546	501	266	204	260	214	226	216	212	208	363	162	76	311	637	894	282	232	411
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:12PM 2.81				2:53AM 3.11				3:19PM 2.65					4:43AM 2.41				4:42PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)	8:22AM 0.38				8:43PM 0.42				9:17AM 0.60				9:43PM 0.97					10:28AM 0.98				10:48PM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	4	2	15	9	3	1	1	1
Temp. °C	18	20	21	20	17	18	17	17	18	19	19	17	17	17	15	15	16	16	17	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	18	20	21	20	17	18	17	17	18	19	19	17	16	16	13	14	14	15	16	17	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	1.1 N	1.1 N	0.4 SSW	1.6 N	2.2 N	2.5 N	0.5 W	3.5 NNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	7	5	8	9	10	16	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 NNE	0.1 NW	0.5 N	0.1 W	0.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSE	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 NW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	4	4	12	5	4	4	4	4	11	5	19	18	12	6	16	15	14	13	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	0.6 NE	0.9 NNE	-	-	0.3 ESE	1.2 ENE	1.3 E	1.4 E	0.7 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	5	-	-	4	5	5	5	5	5	4

	Tuesday 24	Wednesday 25
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12
Energy(?)	635	844	856	844	940	474	474	578	534	675	525	546	356	449	301	47	266	282	278	87	221	35
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)								2:21PM 2.89												2:43AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)		8:11AM 0.34												8:44PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	21	18	20	17	17	17	16	18	18	18	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	17	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	21	18	20	17	17	17	16	18	18	18	16	17	16
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	4	13	13	12	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.2 N	0.6 N	0.2 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 SW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.1 W	0.4 NNW	0.3 W
Period (s)	13	4	4	4	12	10	10	5	5	4	5	12	5	5	5	13	4	5	5	12	4	3
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-