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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	Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Sat
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	4	4	0	4	0	0	2	4	0	4	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	0	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	10	9	9	13	7	16	14	15	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	13
Energy(?)	448	730	1127	1149	1339	1471	2329	646	1799	1137	1669	1093	527	316	353	412	282	438	282	293	204	789
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:43PM 2.62	8:11AM 2.84		8:39PM 2.50	9:02AM 2.73		9:14PM 2.63	9:35AM 3.25		10:24PM 2.34	10:13AM 3.49		11:13PM 2.72	11:13AM 2.68		11:14PM 3.51	11:27AM 3.66		12:09AM 2.71	12:40PM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)		1:39PM 1.27	2:01AM 1.07		2:44PM 0.82	2:44AM 0.69		3:12PM 0.57	3:17AM 0.45		3:52PM 0.49		4:08AM 0.45	4:43PM 0.09		5:09AM 0.05	5:05PM 0.15		5:22AM 0.15	5:43PM 0.10		6:36AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	12	16	12	4
High °C	20	19	16	18	17	16	17	19	16	18	19	14	18	18	16	20	21	18	17	17	16	15
Low °C	16	17	12	17	16	15	16	17	16	16	17	13	16	17	15	18	20	16	17	17	16	15
Chill °C (?)	20	18	15	17	17	15	16	18	15	18	19	14	18	18	16	20	21	18	16	16	14	13
Sunrise	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26
Sunset	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	1.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	9	8	22	10	9	9	18	17	16	14	15	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.9 WSW	0.1 NW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.1 N	0.3 SSW	0.1 N	0.6 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 N	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	1.0 WSW	0.1 NW	0.2 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	24	11	8	20	13	12	12	15	12	16	19	18	17	3	18	19	18	10	17	8	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.2 S	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	2.1 WSW	1.9 W	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	1.4 S
Period (s)	7	6	8	-	-	-	13	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	7	3	7

	Saturday 14					Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tue
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	0	2	0	0	3	4	4	4	4	0	0	2	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 W	1.2 W
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	13	18	17	17	8	8
Energy(?)	448	552	524	670	828	1270	1317	1429	1431	1198	1263	419	1414	1635	366	311	2329	3135	3138	1703	380	346
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	on	on	cross- on	off	cross- off
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)	7:16AM 2.66				7:58PM 2.23				8:07AM 2.44				8:37PM 2.86				8:56AM 3.04				9:47PM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)			1:39PM 1.21				1:53AM 0.90				2:32PM 0.98				3:25AM 1.00				3:14PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	20	20	18	15	14	14	14	17	18	18	17	15	15	12	14	16	17	18	17	15	14
Chill °C (?)	14	20	20	17	15	13	13	13	17	17	17	17	14	14	11	12	15	16	17	16	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.5 W	0.9 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 W	1.2 W
Period (s)	9	8	8	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	13	9	13	9	8	8	18	18	17	17	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	24	11	11	8	6	6	21	14	20	14	20	19	19	12	18	14	12	12	12	12	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SW	-	-	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	2.3 WSW	-	-	0.4 NW	2.1 WSW	-	-	1.6 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	9	-	-	3	13	-	-	8	-	-

	Saturday 14																Sunday 15
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	0	2	0	0	3	4	4	4	4	0	0	2	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 SW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 W	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	343	338	448	448	693	771	851	778	808	452	733	254	757	664	201	239	878	878	958	1059	294	272
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:16AM 2.66												7:43PM 2.68
Low Tide / height (m)							1:32PM 1.03													2:01AM 1.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	17	17	19	19	19	20	19	19	16	17	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	11
Chill °C (?)	13	15	14	16	16	19	18	18	20	18	18	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	10
Sunrise	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	11	9	10	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 NW	0.7 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.3 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	24	24	24	11	11	11	11	8	11	8	10	8	6	5	5	22	22	22	22	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 S	2.1 SW	-	1.7 WSW	1.1 S	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	8	-	8	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-