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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	Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thu
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	3	4	4	0	3	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.4 W	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	10	7	12	18	12	12	14	14	7	11	11	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	246	321	570	307	761	279	875	1185	685	620	512	1485	2446	1973	1643	1081	810	615	481	514	444	510
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:48PM 2.69	2:44AM 2.23		2:56PM 3.14	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	6:39PM 2.32		7:18AM 2.36		7:42PM 2.33	8:17AM 2.46
Low Tide / height (m)			8:33PM 0.32	8:48AM 0.78		9:18PM 0.78	9:24AM 0.58		10:03PM 0.97	10:26AM 1.10		10:53PM 1.03	11:24AM 1.21		11:54PM 1.11	12:37PM 1.26		1:04AM 0.91		1:35PM 0.99	1:58AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	20	21	17	21	20	18	20	22	19	21	24	20	18	18	14	17	22	16	18	20	18	19
Low °C	18	19	16	19	19	17	19	20	18	20	22	19	17	17	11	16	19	15	16	20	17	18
Chill °C (?)	20	21	16	21	20	18	20	22	19	21	24	20	18	17	13	16	22	16	18	20	18	19
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 W	0.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	0.3 SW	2.5 W	2.0 WSW	1.8 W	0.9 W	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	11	14	15	10	19	13	12	12	10	8	14	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 W	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	1.0 WSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	14	-	14	13	13	18	16	16	14	14	-	11	-	11	10	9	19	16	15	6	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	2.3 W	-	2.5 W	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	10	7	12	6	-	-	-	-	7	-	11	12	12	-	-	-	7	6	-	-

	Thursday 08							Friday 09								Saturday 10
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki
Rating	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 W	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	7	7	6	7	7	7	6	10	8	7	7	11	12	6	6	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	182	133	87	280	321	358	117	570	467	365	307	341	761	357	446	583	1557	1347	543	929	830	513
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- 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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:29AM 2.62				2:13PM 3.33				2:38AM 3.14				2:56PM 3.14				3:22AM 2.62				3:39PM 2.65
Low Tide / height (m)			8:03AM 0.29				8:33PM 0.32				8:48AM 0.78				9:18PM 0.78				9:31AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	19	20	21	19	16	16	14	17	19	21	20	19	18	18	17	17	19	20	21	20
Chill °C (?)	13	13	19	20	21	18	15	15	13	16	19	21	20	18	17	17	17	17	19	20	21	20
Sunrise	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.6 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 W	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 W	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W
Period (s)	7	7	6	11	14	14	11	15	10	10	10	11	19	13	11	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 WSW	0.1 NW	0.2 W	0.1 NW	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 W	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	14	-	-	11	14	13	13	13	20	13	18	13	18	17	16	16	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.3 NNW	-	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	4	-	7	7	7	6	10	8	7	7	6	12	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 08
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki
Rating	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	12	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7
Energy(?)	244	182	182	229	239	253	106	266	246	282	280	280	341	285	321	321	457	381	228	314	267	202
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:29AM 2.62												2:13PM 3.33
Low Tide / height (m)								8:03AM 0.61												8:32PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	15	16	16	16	17	17	18	19	20	20	20	21	21	20	19	18	19	17	16	17
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	15	15	15	16	16	18	19	20	20	20	21	21	20	18	17	18	16	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	1.4 W	1.4 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 W	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.9 SW	0.1 NW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	12	7	7	12	12	12	6	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	11	14	11	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	14	14	14	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	-	-	16	14	-	14	14	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 W	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.3 NNW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	7	5	5	7	7	7	4	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7