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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	Sat		Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.1 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 W	2.5 NW	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	14	16	15	7	15	14	13	8	8	11	14	15	15	15	14	8	13	13	13	12	11
Energy(?)	174	2178	3756	3524	612	1764	1893	965	1229	997	3840	5384	5938	951	2361	2203	1604	3251	4771	4352	2198	1684
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		9:12PM 2.22	9:37AM 2.22		9:50PM 2.34	10:12AM 2.35		10:10PM 3.24	10:30AM 3.27		10:38PM 3.09	10:48AM 2.97		11:00PM 2.92	11:44AM 2.49		11:47PM 3.24	12:04PM 3.32		12:19AM 3.17	12:37PM 3.25
Low Tide / height (m)		3:36AM 0.37		3:49PM 0.39		4:08AM 0.26	4:05PM 0.53		4:21AM 0.42	4:43PM 0.30		4:40AM 0.21	4:58PM 0.30		5:31AM 0.15	5:34PM 0.34		6:00AM 0.49	6:17PM 0.66		6:33AM 0.61	6:51PM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	2	7	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	17	15	15	17	11	14	15	16	16	17	15	14	15	16	16	17	17	14	14	13	14	14
Low °C	15	15	15	14	7	13	15	15	16	16	13	14	14	11	16	17	14	14	13	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	16	14	13	16	8	13	14	14	14	16	13	12	15	15	15	16	15	12	12	10	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-
Sunset	7:42	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	1.9 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	0.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.1 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 W	1.4 WSW	0.9 NNW	-	0.4 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	16	14	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	11	14	15	15	15	14	14	8	-	7	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.0 WSW	0.1 NW	-	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.3 W	1.7 WSW	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 N	0.1 NW	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	18	16	-	15	9	16	16	15	19	15	-	-	15	13	12	-	13	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 W	-	-	-	2.1 W	-	0.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	-	-	-	2.0 W	-	-	2.5 NW	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	7	-	9	7	8	8	-	-	-	7	-	-	8	13	13	13	12	11

	Saturday 18			Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tuesday 21
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	0.6 WSW	1.4 WNW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	1.3 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	6	18	15	7	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	7	15	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	977	306	448	362	419	489	3756	3875	3287	1766	1557	1998	1789	1762	480	1010	1893	1415	1112	965	921	1056
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:12PM 2.22				9:18AM 3.05				9:28PM 3.00									10:10PM 3.24
Low Tide / height (m)					3:36AM 0.37				3:28PM 0.63				3:33AM 0.30					4:05PM 0.53				4:21AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	13	13	14	15	15	15	13	13	12	10	10	9	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	13	14	11	11	12	13	13	13	11	11	10	10	10	9	11	14	14	14	14	13	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30
Sunset	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	0.6 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.3 W	3.0 W	0.1 NW	2.5 W	1.9 W	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.7 SW	1.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 W
Period (s)	16	16	6	7	7	7	16	16	15	8	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	1.8 WSW	0.2 NNW	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.2 W	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	18	16	15	14	15	12	16	-	16	15	16	10	10	8	9	16	16	8	9	16	15	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 W	1.4 WNW	0.5 N	0.6 NNW	0.7 NNW	-	3.0 W	-	-	1.8 W	-	-	-	1.6 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	-	6	6	3	4	4	-	15	-	-	7	-	-	-	7	9	9	5	6	7	7	7

	Saturday 18										Sunday 19
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	17	15	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	1120	207	174	174	184	306	1765	1720	1872	1837	2090	2378	2595	2783	419	2134	2958	3279	3508	3508	3756	3756
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								8:54PM 3.09													9:18AM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)														2:56AM 0.39	3:36AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	17	17	17	16	15	14	14	15	14	16	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	13	16	16	16	15	14	12	12	14	12	14	12	12	13	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.9 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	7	17	15	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	18	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	17	17	18	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	-	-	-	1.1 NNW	1.3 NNW	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-