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 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24
	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi 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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	4	3	0	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	7	20	18	16	16	8	8	8	9	13	13	13	14	7	11	14	13	13	12	12	11
Energy(?)	538	54	84	417	566	584	775	599	655	1391	1122	1703	1788	1707	505	1227	1950	1586	1332	461	358	395
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	10:58PM 2.92	11:16AM 3.14		11:40PM 3.09	11:50AM 3.21		12:34AM 2.60	12:32PM 3.29	1:06PM 2.90	1:28AM 2.79		1:26PM 2.69	1:32AM 3.40		1:48PM 3.43	2:15AM 3.27		2:34PM 3.24	3:05AM 3.10		3:31PM 3.02
Low Tide / height (m)		5:04AM 0.16	5:34PM 0.09		5:40AM 0.07	6:30PM -0.04		6:24AM 0.04		7:24PM 0.63	7:04AM 0.36		7:29PM 0.37	7:44AM 0.20		8:11PM 0.51	8:33AM 0.69		8:57PM 0.71	9:29AM 0.91		9:53PM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	19	19	17	18	18	17	19	19	15	17	17	16	17	19	16	18	20	15	18	19	17
Low °C	14	18	18	16	17	17	16	18	17	12	15	16	14	16	17	14	17	20	13	17	18	16
Chill °C (?)	15	19	19	16	18	17	16	18	18	13	16	16	15	16	18	14	18	20	15	17	19	17
Sunrise	-	6:48	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:12	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.3 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.5 SW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	11	7	8	11	16	16	15	14	16	14	9	13	13	14	15	11	14	13	13	12	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.2 W	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.3 WSW	0.1 N	1.0 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 S	1.0 WSW	0.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	16	8	11	18	11	11	10	18	9	9	13	8	16	9	8	14	9	5	8	8	22	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NW	0.5 W	0.7 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.1 W	-	-	0.4 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	7	4	6	7	8	8	8	9	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	4	-	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 18								Thursday 19								Friday 20
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy 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
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 W	0.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.0 W	0.7 WSW	1.7 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	7	20	11	19	5	18	6	16	16	16	7	7	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	586	538	354	284	465	68	84	407	95	99	486	282	566	574	584	687	695	775	713	690	599	560
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		10:58PM 2.92				11:42AM 2.62				12:16AM 2.76				11:56AM 3.28				12:16AM 3.48				12:31PM 3.63
Low Tide / height (m)				5:10AM 0.15				5:34PM 0.09				6:08AM 0.03				6:10PM 0.29				6:25AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	17	17	18	19	19	19	16	14	17	15	17	18	18	17	16	16	16	17	18	19
Chill °C (?)	15	14	17	17	18	19	19	19	15	13	16	14	16	18	17	16	14	14	14	16	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.7 WSW	0.3 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	11	8	8	18	17	16	7	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.5 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 W	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	15	11	11	20	19	18	11	8	11	16	11	14	11	10	10	9	18	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.2 WNW	1.7 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8

	Tuesday 17	Wednesday 18
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy 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
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 W	0.4 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	5	8	11	8	8	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	650	588	383	357	538	69	62	354	50	50	329	41	284	419	423	337	337	337	393	386	363	431
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)																	11:20AM 3.56
Low Tide / height (m)											5:13AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	17	17	14	14	14	17	13	13	17	14	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	17	16	17	17	14	13	13	17	12	12	17	13	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 W	0.6 W	1.1 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.1 WSW	0.5 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	5	5	11	5	5	11	5	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	8	8	16	8	8	16	8	15	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-