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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	Sun	Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	0	3	3	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	1	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 SW	1.0 W	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s)	8	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	20	18	17	17	16	14	14	14	13	14	15	14	14	13
Energy	685	1643	1537	1675	361	748	634	556	1238	990	1016	573	1586	166	1314	1095	101	1087	1378	1121	732	374
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	on	cross	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:30AM 2.69		7:05PM 2.64	7:27AM 3.08		7:52PM 2.77	8:11AM 3.16		8:36PM 3.17	8:45AM 2.94		9:08PM 2.98	9:12AM 2.88		9:34PM 2.94	9:47AM 2.88		10:08PM 2.96	10:22AM 2.84		10:45PM 2.99
Low Tide / height (m)	12:54AM 1.08		12:40PM 0.53	1:09AM 0.59		1:36PM 0.42	1:57AM 0.50		2:24PM 0.52	2:45AM 0.56		2:58PM 0.28		3:09AM 0.35	3:28PM 0.24		3:46AM 0.34	4:00PM 0.26		4:21AM 0.36	4:34PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	17	13	16	17	13	16	17	14	17	18	13	14	14	12	14	14	12	13	14	12
Low °C	12	14	15	13	13	14	12	15	16	13	13	16	10	10	12	11	12	12	11	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	12	14	17	12	16	17	13	15	16	14	17	18	12	14	14	12	13	14	12	13	14	12
Sunrise	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 SW	1.0 W	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.0 W	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	8	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	18	6	12	16	14	14	14	13	14	15	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	0.1 N	-	0.2 W	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	0.3 S	-	-	0.2 S	0.6 W	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	12	7	-	13	-	18	16	21	20	11	17	17	-	8	-	-	10	16	6	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	-

	Sun	Monday 27								Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 W	2.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 W
Period(s)	8	8	8	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	20
Energy	285	689	1080	1558	1011	1337	2178	1301	1265	1008	1151	1093	1214	913	263	660	630	634	592	665	743	523
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	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)	6:38PM 2.34				6:35AM 3.00				7:04PM 2.92				7:24AM 2.80				7:44PM 2.69				7:58AM 2.80
Low Tide / height (m)			12:02AM 0.66				12:50PM 0.56				1:09AM 0.59				1:32PM 0.42				1:48AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	14	13	13	15	16	15	14	13	13	13	14	17	16	14	13	13	12	12	14	16
Chill °C (?)	11	12	14	12	13	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	14	17	16	14	13	13	12	12	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	2.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 W
Period (s)	8	8	12	8	8	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 N	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	12	12	18	17	16	7	-	-	-	13	-	-	12	18	18	18	24	16	22	22	21	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 26					Monday 27
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 W
Period(s)	6	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15
Energy	178	581	426	1123	685	689	1083	739	677	668	1603	1558	2019	2157	603	1608	1776	1776	1830	1919	1953	629
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	6:38PM 2.34												6:32AM 2.71
Low Tide / height (m)							12:13AM 0.69												12:40PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	15	15	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	17	17	18	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	13	12	14	14	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	16	17	17	18	18	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	16	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.1 N	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 W
Period (s)	12	20	20	14	12	12	18	12	12	12	17	17	17	17	17	17	8	8	8	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	2.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	8	5	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-