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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	Fri		Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Fri
	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	Whangaehu River Mouth Wanganui-Manawatu	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	2	3	0	4	0	0	3	4	4	4	0	0	3	3	4	4	2	0	3	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 W	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	9	9	13	13	14	15	9	13	13	12	12	12	8	18	17	16	15	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	457	1404	1091	2146	1888	1803	1825	1133	2002	1650	706	478	378	732	725	730	364	789	1312	864	191	910
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		12:53AM 3.47		1:27PM 2.54	1:32AM 3.07		1:48PM 3.49	2:15AM 3.27		2:34PM 3.24	3:00AM 2.92		3:21PM 2.64		4:11AM 2.92	4:48PM 2.85		5:43AM 2.84	6:20PM 2.80		7:13AM 2.93
Low Tide / height (m)	6:49PM 0.29		7:04AM 0.36		7:27PM 0.06	7:46AM 0.22		8:11PM 0.51	8:33AM 0.69		8:52PM 0.61	9:20AM 0.55		9:42PM 0.57	10:36AM 1.09		11:06PM 1.10	12:02PM 1.17		12:31AM 0.75		1:22PM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	4	1	6
High °C	19	15	17	18	16	17	19	15	18	20	15	19	20	17	20	20	17	19	19	18	19	18
Low °C	17	11	16	16	14	17	17	13	16	18	14	18	18	15	19	20	16	19	18	17	18	17
Chill °C (?)	18	13	16	18	15	16	18	13	18	20	14	19	20	17	20	20	17	19	19	18	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-
Sunset	8:15	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:08
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.1 NW	1.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 W	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	16	14	9	13	13	14	9	14	13	13	12	12	12	8	9	9	16	15	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 NNW	1.2 WSW	-	0.7 W	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.7 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 S	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	9	13	-	16	9	11	11	8	9	8	8	16	11	7	17	8	-	-	21	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	1.4 SSE	0.3 SE	-	-	0.7 N	0.8 NNW	0.4 NW	1.2 WNW	-
Period (s)	7	9	-	-	-	-	15	9	-	-	-	-	6	8	3	-	-	4	5	4	5	-

	Friday 20			Saturday 21								Sunday 22								Monday 23
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Whangaehu River Mouth Wanganui-Manawatu	Bog Works Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	2	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	14	14	15	14	14	9	14	14
Energy(?)	642	789	1173	569	1298	1488	1091	1756	1872	1901	2771	2491	2378	672	1803	1670	1825	1199	2146	1133	1081	3017
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high-flow	mid-ebb	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)									1:08PM 3.57				1:26AM 3.01				1:48PM 3.43				2:15AM 3.27
Low Tide / height (m)		6:49PM 0.29					7:04AM 0.42				7:24PM 0.28				7:46AM 0.50				8:11PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	17	16	15	13	13	15	17	18	16	16	13	12	13	17	17	18	17	15	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	18	16	14	15	12	12	15	16	17	15	15	13	12	11	16	16	17	16	13	12	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58
Sunset	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.7 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.1 NW	1.4 WSW	0.2 NNW	1.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	16	16	15	9	14	13	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	9	14	8	14	8	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.2 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	-	0.7 SW	1.1 WSW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	9	9	9	15	8	8	13	8	8	8	8	17	16	9	9	9	11	9	-	11	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.0 WSW	-	-	2.1 W	-	-	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	7	-	-	15	8	14	9	-	-

	Friday 20										Saturday 21
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Whangaehu River Mouth Wanganui-Manawatu	Bog Works Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	2	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13
Energy(?)	534	625	642	494	709	1285	906	1041	1173	1274	2027	1365	1417	646	1298	1298	2021	1011	1009	1084	1091	1943
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)												12:46AM 3.07
Low Tide / height (m)																			7:04AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	15	16	15	15	13	13	13	12	12	13	14	16	16
Chill °C (?)	17	17	18	18	17	16	16	14	14	13	14	14	14	12	11	12	11	11	12	14	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	9	14	14	9	9	9	9	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.7 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	9	9	9	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	5	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	-	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	9