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 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki
Rating	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	0	4	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	11	11	13	12	13	12	13	14	13	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	15	14
Energy(?)	513	501	546	529	352	555	508	525	645	451	864	635	432	914	848	854	362	453	156	294	646	818
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:54AM 3.30		11:15PM 3.25	11:30AM 3.38		11:52PM 3.31	12:08PM 3.38		12:31AM 3.30	12:49PM 3.29		1:11AM 3.19		1:32PM 3.12	1:59AM 3.05		2:21PM 2.89	2:54AM 2.85		3:19PM 2.65	3:58AM 2.65
Low Tide / height (m)		5:07PM -0.04		5:22AM 0.00	5:45PM -0.11		6:02AM -0.02	6:24PM -0.09		6:43AM 0.04		7:04PM -0.00	7:28AM 0.18		7:51PM 0.20	8:18AM 0.37		8:44PM 0.42	9:17AM 0.60		9:45PM 0.64	10:29AM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6
High °C	20	20	17	20	21	15	19	20	16	18	18	16	17	20	18	21	18	18	18	18	18	16
Low °C	17	19	15	17	19	14	17	19	15	16	17	15	16	20	16	16	18	13	16	18	14	14
Chill °C (?)	20	20	16	20	21	14	19	20	16	18	18	16	17	20	18	21	18	18	18	18	18	15
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 N
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	11	11	13	12	13	12	13	14	13	12	15	14	13	13	12	12	15	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.3 WSW	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.1 NW	0.6 SW	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.6 N	0.2 NNW	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	1.0 N	1.1 SW
Period (s)	19	10	9	8	8	7	15	14	14	15	14	6	18	15	10	12	5	12	4	5	6	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.4 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.5 S	-	0.6 SSW	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	1.0 S	0.7 N	0.9 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	5	5	7	6	5	4	-	3	-	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	6	6	4

	Thursday 19					Friday 20								Saturday 21								Sun
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13
Energy(?)	513	588	427	505	460	546	583	501	529	504	495	325	510	555	620	560	508	521	525	516	533	645
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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
High Tide / height (m)		10:54AM 3.30				11:15PM 3.25				11:30AM 3.38				11:52PM 3.31				12:10PM 3.39				12:31AM 3.30
Low Tide / height (m)				5:07PM -0.04				5:22AM 0.00				5:43PM -0.12				6:02AM -0.02				6:24PM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	20	20	19	17	16	15	15	17	20	21	20	15	15	15	14	17	19	20	19	16	16
Chill °C (?)	17	20	20	19	16	16	14	14	17	20	21	20	14	14	14	13	17	19	20	19	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.1 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.9 SW	0.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	19	12	10	10	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	15	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.1 S	-	1.3 SSE	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	-	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	4	4	4

	Thursday 19																Friday 20
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	11	12	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	464	627	513	650	440	588	578	501	501	507	479	173	430	466	460	422	449	496	488	503	426	419
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)				10:54AM 3.30													11:15PM 3.25
Low Tide / height (m)											5:07PM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	17	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	15	17	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	18	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	14	14
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	10	12	11	12	11	7	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	1.1 S	0.1 NW	1.2 S	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	19	7	19	7	9	12	12	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	-	1.4 S	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 SSE	1.0 S
Period (s)	7	3	7	3	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6