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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	Wed	Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki
Rating	0	0	4	4	0	4	4	0	4	3	0	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NW	1.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	13	14	13	13	14	13	14	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	313	1067	2333	1629	600	1229	1226	952	1496	1337	659	841	1183	832	571	762	414	232	220	179	248	176
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	glass	on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:13PM 2.95	10:48AM 2.38		11:28PM 2.57	11:04AM 2.96		11:27PM 3.16	11:54AM 2.40		11:57PM 2.97	12:18PM 3.29		12:25AM 2.65	12:51PM 2.82		1:52AM 2.47		1:37PM 2.75	1:55AM 2.55		2:22PM 2.67	3:31AM 2.34
Low Tide / height (m)		4:37AM 0.29	5:24PM 0.88		4:52AM 0.35	5:13PM 0.44		5:41AM 0.29	5:55PM 0.49		6:13AM 0.68	6:33PM 0.82		6:39AM 0.50		7:48PM 1.05	7:25AM 0.59		7:55PM 0.70	8:09AM 0.68		9:24PM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	16	14	19	18	14	18	18	13	18	17	13	18	19	16	22	22	17	20	21	17
Low °C	16	16	15	12	17	17	14	16	17	12	17	16	12	16	19	15	21	21	16	19	19	16
Chill °C (?)	17	16	15	14	19	18	14	18	18	13	18	16	11	18	19	15	22	22	16	20	21	17
Sunrise	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.6 WNW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	8	8	14	13	13	14	13	14	15	15	14	13	13	8	8	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 S	-	0.2 N	0.2 S	0.1 N	-	0.1 N
Period (s)	12	13	8	8	7	12	7	13	13	-	12	12	12	12	12	7	-	4	4	14	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.7 W	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 WSW	1.7 SW	-	0.9 S	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	-	4	-	-	2	-	-	3	-

	Wed	Thursday 20								Friday 21								Saturday 22
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Graveyards Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	2.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	16	13	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	6	13	13	13	13	14	13
Energy(?)	401	113	83	76	1067	776	1721	467	1973	1413	1119	1097	1314	546	579	256	1226	1226	1226	1239	1295	168
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- 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
High Tide / height (m)		10:29PM 2.31				10:26AM 2.94				10:48PM 2.98				11:00AM 2.96				11:20PM 2.86				12:19PM 2.68
Low Tide / height (m)				5:04AM 0.81				4:55PM 0.32				5:03AM 0.56				5:57PM 0.90				5:30AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	16	17	16	16	18	17	14	14	13	14	19	19	18	17	15	14	14	14	17	19
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	17	15	16	17	16	14	13	13	14	19	19	18	16	15	14	14	14	17	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	8	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 NW	0.5 SW	0.6 NW	1.0 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	11	12	11	13	15	8	13	8	6	7	7	7	7	7	-	7	7	6	5	5	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	1.2 W	-	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6

	Wednesday 19				Thursday 20
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Graveyards Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 NW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	0.5 WNW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	17	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	425	147	70	78	319	189	290	71	470	516	483	537	374	530	603	196	1747	1913	2192	2362	2249	364
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	off	on	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)				10:53PM 2.55
Low Tide / height (m)										4:24AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	18	16	17	18	18	18	19
Chill °C (?)	18	17	17	17	17	17	15	17	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	18	15	16	18	18	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.2 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	13	11	8	8	8	17	16	11	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.1 S
Period (s)	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	10	13	11	11	13	10	10	15	13	13	13	8	8	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	-	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	8	8	4	8	8	8	8	-	5