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 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Desperation Point Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	4	2	3	3	3	3	0	3	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 W	0.7 SW	1.8 NW	2.5 NNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 W	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 W	1.3 WNW	1.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	17	14	16	13	11	10	9	10	10	13	13	13	13	12	11	16	8	9
Energy(?)	368	346	220	230	55	531	146	178	875	1199	580	836	819	587	462	371	59	148	667	959	732	1586
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:43AM 2.78		3:27PM 2.93			4:35PM 2.45		5:25AM 2.54	5:58PM 2.32		6:53AM 2.58		8:03PM 2.37	8:38AM 2.52		8:24PM 2.83	8:49AM 3.05		9:53PM 2.56	9:50AM 2.97
Low Tide / height (m)		8:35PM 0.39	9:17AM 0.60		9:43PM 0.97	10:29AM 0.77		10:52PM 0.75	11:56AM 0.84		12:32AM 1.11		1:12PM 0.90	2:21AM 1.08		2:15PM 0.71	2:38AM 0.64		3:44PM 0.37			4:06PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	11	14	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	-	-
High °C	18	18	20	20	17	16	15	17	20	19	17	20	20	18	20	20	19	24	19	18	17	17
Low °C	17	17	18	17	14	15	15	17	18	19	16	19	18	17	18	19	17	20	19	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	18	18	20	20	17	15	14	16	20	19	17	20	20	18	20	20	19	24	18	17	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-
Sunset	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:16
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 S	1.9 N	0.4 W	3.5 NNW	2.5 N	0.4 SW	1.6 WNW	1.9 W	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 W	1.3 WNW	1.0 WSW	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	5	9	16	11	10	13	9	10	10	13	13	13	13	12	11	16	16	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.8 NW	0.1 W	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 NW	0.5 WSW	0.3 W	0.1 S	0.7 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	5	5	4	5	12	14	14	13	11	18	12	15	14	9	7	7	6	6	12	-	15	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.7 SE	0.5 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.5 NE	2.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	2.2 N	2.1 NW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	5	4	4	3	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	7	8	9

	Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25								Thursday 26								Friday 27
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Arawhata Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	4	2	2	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	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	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.4 NW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.9 W	1.8 NW	2.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	16	15	14	13	14	13	14	12	12
Energy(?)	686	546	501	262	204	260	214	226	230	201	207	478	151	72	67	579	1022	409	369	307	1108	1234
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:12PM 2.81				2:53AM 3.11				3:21PM 2.65					4:43AM 2.41				4:47PM 2.62				5:29AM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)			8:43PM 0.42				9:17AM 0.60				9:43PM 0.97					10:28AM 0.98				11:38PM 1.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	3	1	4	5	2	1	-	1	1	1
Temp. °C	21	20	17	18	17	17	18	20	20	16	17	16	15	14	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	21	20	17	18	17	17	18	20	20	16	16	15	14	13	14	16	16	16	16	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	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	1.2 NNE	1.2 N	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	2.5 N	3.0 N	3.5 NNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 W	3.0 N	3.0 N
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	7	5	15	10	10	12	13	14	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.5 N	0.3 N	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 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 NW	0.8 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 SE	1.8 NW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	4	12	5	4	4	4	4	11	5	19	18	12	11	16	4	14	13	14	13	5	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	0.6 ENE	1.1 NNE	-	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	5	-	3	3	3	5	5	5	4	4	4	3

	Tuesday 24	Wednesday 25
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Arawhata Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	4	2	2	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	716	696	730	363	363	449	449	464	454	449	297	353	278	19	19	192	192	189	32	18	152	151
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:12PM 2.81													3:28AM 2.54
Low Tide / height (m)								8:35PM 0.39													9:19AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	18	18	18	17	17	18	17	17	18	18	17	16	16	18	17	17	16	17	18	19
Chill °C (?)	21	21	18	18	18	17	17	18	17	17	18	18	17	16	16	18	17	17	16	17	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.2 NNW	0.5 N	0.1 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 N	0.3 N
Period (s)	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	12	5	11	4	5	5	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-