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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	Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wed
	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	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	0	3	3	1	0	4	3	3	2	2	3	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.8 NW	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	1.7 W	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.2 SSE	1.8 SSE	0.8 SW	2.0 SSE	1.5 S	1.6 S	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	10	10	7	15	14	9	13	12	12	8	7	12	8	7	7	11	12	11	14	13
Energy(?)	380	296	286	191	574	180	579	948	721	658	525	875	489	203	603	365	342	68	193	157	241	184
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:52PM 2.69	8:25AM 2.68		8:54PM 2.40	9:10AM 2.82		9:28PM 2.55	9:49AM 2.97		10:10PM 2.89	10:27AM 3.10		10:48PM 3.00	11:24AM 2.96		11:29PM 3.26	11:47AM 3.08		12:04AM 2.95	12:16PM 3.06
Low Tide / height (m)		1:49PM 1.21	2:12AM 1.07		2:48PM 0.93	3:08AM 0.77		3:18PM 0.60	3:37AM 0.61		4:19PM 0.63		4:19AM 0.63	4:39PM 0.66		5:12AM 0.36	5:10PM 0.36		5:33AM 0.26	5:59PM 0.28		6:04AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	18	8	6	1	4	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	21	19	18	19	20	17	20	22	16	19	19	15	18	18	15	18	20	15	20
Low °C	18	18	19	20	19	15	19	19	16	18	21	13	16	18	12	16	18	12	15	19	13	18
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	21	18	18	19	20	16	20	22	15	19	19	13	18	17	13	18	20	14	20
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 S	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	10	6	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	12	11	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.3 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 SSW	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.2 S	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.3 S
Period (s)	13	13	12	11	15	7	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	5	10	9	9	7	6	15	11	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.8 NW	-	1.4 WNW	1.7 W	0.9 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.2 WSW	2.2 SSE	1.8 SSE	-	2.0 SSE	1.5 S	1.6 S	0.5 SSE	0.3 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	7	5	7	7	-	7	9	6	7	2	8	7	-	8	7	7	3	3	5	5	-

	Wednesday 14					Thursday 15								Friday 16								Sat
	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	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.8 W	1.1 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	7	7	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	13	13	13
Energy(?)	380	327	268	295	243	245	241	72	414	483	574	622	643	602	604	651	111	656	753	601	1162	1192
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass
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)	7:34AM 2.72				7:55PM 2.29				8:21AM 2.46				8:42PM 2.63				9:05AM 2.09				9:30PM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)			1:49PM 1.21				2:07AM 0.96				2:48PM 0.93				2:58AM 0.86				3:22PM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	3	4	3	3	3	-	1	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	20	21	20	18	18	19	18	20	20	20	19	18	18	17	17	19	18	19	19	17	17
Chill °C (?)	18	20	21	20	18	18	18	18	20	20	20	19	18	18	16	16	19	17	19	19	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 S	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 S	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	7	7	14	14	6	14	13	7	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.1 S	0.4 NW	1.1 SW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	6	11	15	15	14	14	6	6	6	7	6	11	13	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 N	0.5 N	0.8 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.2 NNW	-	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	-	-	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	-	1.7 WNW	1.8 W	-	0.7 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	5	5	6	-	7	7	7	7	-	-	7	7	-	7	8	-	5	-

	Wednesday 14																Thursday 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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 NW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	10
Energy(?)	374	354	380	422	397	356	350	88	268	296	295	295	242	240	267	243	83	286	286	248	346	255
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	off	cross	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	7:34AM 2.72												7:47PM 2.53
Low Tide / height (m)							1:44PM 1.10												1:58AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	3	2	1
High °C	17	18	18	19	20	20	19	20	21	20	19	19	19	20	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	17
Chill °C (?)	17	18	18	19	20	20	19	20	21	20	19	19	19	20	19	18	19	19	19	18	18	17
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 WSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.2 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	5	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.3 ESE	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.6 NE	1.2 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	4	4	4	5	5	5	3	5	5	4	5	-