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 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			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	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Mangahume Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	0	4	4	0	4	2	0	1	2	2	4	3	2	2	2	4	4	3	0	3	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 W	2.0 WNW	3.0 NW	1.2 W	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.1 W	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	0.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	13	12	10	13	12	11	11	10	12	11	11	10	9	9	13	12	12	13	12	6	12
Energy(?)	1746	2862	1913	473	2135	724	383	193	109	127	961	3669	485	476	322	891	1096	1243	410	601	128	126
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross	cross- off	on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			7:28PM 2.87	8:00AM 2.82		8:18PM 2.99	8:42AM 2.69		8:47PM 2.67	9:16AM 2.80		9:41PM 3.06	9:57AM 2.90		10:18PM 3.12	10:38AM 3.26		10:53PM 3.15	11:04AM 2.96		11:20PM 2.86	11:39AM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)		1:16PM 1.02	1:47AM 0.87		2:12PM 0.91	2:35AM 0.81		2:48PM 0.60	3:00AM 0.44		4:13PM 0.92	3:53AM 0.57		4:06PM 0.49		4:29AM 0.55	4:49PM 0.66		4:52AM 0.35	5:19PM 0.46		5:33AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	13	16	15	13	17	20	16	24	21	18	19	18	16	17	15	17	19	19	17	19
Low °C	15	15	10	14	15	12	16	18	15	20	20	17	19	17	16	16	14	15	18	18	16	19
Chill °C (?)	13	15	12	15	15	12	17	20	16	24	21	18	19	18	16	17	14	17	19	19	17	19
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	8:14	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 NW	0.6 W	2.0 WNW	3.0 NW	0.9 W	1.5 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.1 W	1.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 W
Period (s)	14	13	12	10	13	12	11	11	6	12	11	10	10	9	9	13	12	12	13	12	12	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW	0.4 NW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 S	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	9	9	9	8	10	8	12	13	-	11	10	8	8	8	7	7	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 N	1.0 N	0.7 N	-	1.7 N	3.0 NW	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	6	-	7	11	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5

	Saturday 15					Sunday 16								Monday 17								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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	0	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 W	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	1746	3208	2862	2269	1805	1641	1487	1451	1720	878	452	1265	1222	1178	642	520	383	253	218	219	227	109
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- 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)	7:01AM 2.73				7:28PM 2.87				7:53AM 2.53				8:15PM 2.69				8:48AM 2.94				8:56PM 2.75
Low Tide / height (m)			1:16PM 1.02				1:43AM 0.59				2:47PM 1.05				2:35AM 0.75				2:48PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	15	15	13	12	11	10	15	16	15	15	12	13	13	13	16	17	18	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	13	11	10	10	10	15	15	14	15	11	12	12	12	15	17	18	18	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 W	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	14	-	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	0.3 S	0.1 N	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 NW	0.5 WNW	0.7 N	0.7 NNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	14	-	7	18	8	9	9	9	9	5	5	7	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 N	-	-	0.7 N	0.9 N	0.7 N
Period (s)	8	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	5	5	6

	Saturday 15	Sunday 16
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	0	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.3 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	940	1769	1746	1746	4057	3208	3208	2862	3352	1783	799	2269	2767	2701	1805	1805	1641	1641	1613	2020	2220	3354
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)	7:01AM 2.73												7:29PM 2.63
Low Tide / height (m)							1:12PM 0.74												1:43AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	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	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	11	12
Chill °C (?)	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	16	15	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	12	10	10
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	0.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	14	14	14	14	-	-	13	13	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	19	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	-	2.3 W	2.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	13	13	13	-	-	13	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11