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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	Thu		Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thu
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	1	2	2	1	2	3	4	4	0	4	3	0	3	3	3	3	2	0	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.4 S	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	13	12	12	12	10	15	14	14	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	19	18	16
Energy(?)	117	198	237	109	69	269	860	2178	1387	2255	761	1219	1447	934	670	691	288	249	282	343	381	509
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		7:16PM 2.58	7:58AM 2.73		8:09PM 2.27	8:53AM 2.53		9:07PM 2.49	9:38AM 2.73		9:52PM 3.03	10:08AM 3.27		10:22PM 2.78	10:48AM 3.07		11:06PM 3.39	11:16AM 3.14		11:40PM 3.09	11:58AM 3.30
Low Tide / height (m)		1:38AM 1.21		2:16PM 1.21	2:18AM 0.83		3:01PM 0.84	3:14AM 0.66		3:44PM 0.83		4:01AM 0.67	4:22PM 0.41		4:33AM 0.29	4:57PM 0.47		5:04AM 0.16	5:33PM 0.41		5:48AM 0.08	6:12PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	7	2	-	-	-	-	1	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	20	20	20	21	22	22	16	19	17	13	19	19	17	19	19	17	20	20	17	20	19
Low °C	22	19	20	20	19	19	20	15	17	17	13	18	19	17	18	19	16	19	19	16	18	18
Chill °C (?)	22	20	20	20	21	22	22	15	19	16	12	18	18	16	19	19	17	20	20	17	20	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-
Sunset	8:28	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 N	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.4 S	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	13	5	12	12	17	9	14	14	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.4 SW	0.2 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.3 N	0.2 W	0.1 N	1.3 WSW	0.1 N	1.4 S	0.6 WSW	0.2 W	0.8 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	4	15	15	12	4	18	13	15	12	8	13	21	12	11	10	17	16	15	21	19	18	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	-	1.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 S	0.7 S	-	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	4	6	-	-	6	10	7	4	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	11

	Thursday 12			Friday 13								Saturday 14								Sunday 15
	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	Sky Williams Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	3	4	3	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	10	8	16	9	15	14
Energy(?)	113	134	133	133	233	217	287	158	213	107	65	65	68	125	269	449	860	1372	1147	1165	3581	2587
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:16PM 2.58				7:54AM 2.35				8:19PM 2.70				8:49AM 2.51				9:09PM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)					1:16AM 0.97				2:10PM 1.03				2:26AM 0.84				3:04PM 1.09				3:17AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	3	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	22	21	19	20	19	20	21	20	20	21	20	20	20	19	21	23	21	16	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	21	22	21	19	20	19	20	21	20	20	21	20	20	20	19	21	23	21	15	14	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50
Sunset	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.5 N	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 W	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	5	6	5	12	12	12	12	12	8	17	16	9	9	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 W	0.9 WSW	0.1 N	0.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	4	4	4	15	15	13	15	13	12	12	5	4	4	13	18	11	13	13	16	15	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.6 NE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW	-	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	1.9 S	2.3 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	4	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	6	-	10	8	-	-	7	8

	Thursday 12										Friday 13
	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	Sky Williams Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	3	4	3	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	11	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	157	117	117	119	198	163	161	136	174	106	133	133	144	202	150	131	144	199	126	126	374	239
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	off	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)							7:08PM 2.22												7:58AM 2.79
Low Tide / height (m)													1:24AM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	22	22	25	22	21	21	21	20	19	19	18	20	18	19	19	20	19	19	20	21
Chill °C (?)	21	22	22	22	25	22	21	21	21	20	19	19	18	20	18	19	19	20	19	19	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 NNE	0.6 SW	0.7 NNE	0.7 N	0.9 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	5	11	5	5	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 WSW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 WSW	0.3 N	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	5	4	4	4	17	4	4	4	15	4	15	15	15	15	15	15	11	14	11	11	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.6 NE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NE	-	-	1.0 NNE	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	4	-	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	-	-	5	6