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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	Mon		Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Mon
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	2.4 N	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	8	14	14	13	13	9	15	13	14	14	11	10	13	12	12	7	8	9
Energy(?)	440	255	152	100	729	310	355	190	300	510	679	641	556	549	341	364	195	221	401	557	1004	1169
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:26AM 2.83		12:40PM 2.95	1:02AM 2.99		1:19PM 2.61	1:45AM 2.65		2:18PM 2.45	2:49AM 2.51		3:24PM 2.15		4:04AM 2.28	4:50PM 2.51		5:16AM 2.30	5:56PM 2.60		6:23AM 2.81
Low Tide / height (m)		6:17PM 0.48	6:40AM 0.63		6:58PM 0.85	7:22AM 0.81		7:36PM 0.92	8:11AM 1.10		8:29PM 1.07	9:15AM 1.18		9:44PM 1.26	10:32AM 1.05		10:50PM 0.98	11:35AM 0.91				12:47PM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	23	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	5	45	-	-
High °C	20	19	18	17	19	19	18	16	18	19	16	18	19	17	21	21	20	23	18	19	17	16
Low °C	19	17	16	17	17	18	16	14	16	17	15	16	18	15	19	19	18	20	18	17	16	15
Chill °C (?)	20	19	18	16	18	19	18	16	18	19	16	18	19	17	21	21	20	23	17	19	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-
Sunset	6:08	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 N	1.2 N	0.4 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	7	7	12	6	14	13	9	9	15	13	14	14	11	10	9	12	12	14	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.8 SSE	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	12	12	15	14	5	5	13	12	8	8	7	7	13	13	13	13	15	20	18	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	2.4 N	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	1.1 SSE	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	3	4	7	8	9

	Monday 06			Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08								Thursday 09
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.6 N	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	7	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	658	536	625	218	210	300	152	102	100	96	96	120	219	138	433	178	358	352	218	263	204	220
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	glass	on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	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)	12:04PM 2.83				12:23AM 3.15				12:35PM 2.79				1:10AM 2.61				1:14PM 2.41				1:50AM 2.81
Low Tide / height (m)			6:17PM 0.48				6:36AM 0.78				6:53PM 0.75				7:20AM 0.79				7:41PM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	5	7	5	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	18	17	16	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	18	16	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	19	19	18	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	18	17	18	18	19	18	16	15	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 N	0.9 N	1.2 N	1.3 N	1.4 N	2.0 N	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 N	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	7	7	7	8	8	8	14	14	14	6	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNE	0.7 N	0.6 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.4 S	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	-	0.1 N	0.7 WSW	0.5 N	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	5	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	-	13	14	5	6	5	5	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	1.0 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.3 SE	0.6 E	2.3 N	2.1 N	1.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	8	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 06											Tuesday 07
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	659	658	750	440	368	602	424	368	368	368	255	255	255	215	300	143	261	209	134	189	131	98
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:04PM 2.83												12:33AM 2.79
Low Tide / height (m)							6:16PM 0.57												6:41AM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	17	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 NNE	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	6	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	6	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 S	0.8 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	13	13	13	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	6	12	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	0.7 S	1.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NNE	-	1.1 NNE	1.2 NNE
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	4	4	6	-	6	6