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 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wed
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 W	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	12	13	17	16	16	14	14	13	12	21	18	17	16	15	14	13	13	16	15	14	14	16
Energy	1248	1394	1288	1356	1339	545	608	585	568	559	1187	1389	1169	539	530	417	508	534	610	594	278	542
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:01PM 2.75	7:17AM 2.92		7:41PM 2.87	8:03AM 3.31		8:28PM 3.06	8:54AM 3.20		9:23PM 3.28	9:42AM 3.26		10:11PM 3.66	10:30AM 3.25		10:58PM 3.35	11:22AM 3.47		11:48PM 3.28		3:50PM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)		1:07AM 0.51		1:35PM 0.26	1:48AM 0.32		2:22PM 0.10	2:37AM 0.16		3:12PM 0.18		3:35AM 0.07	3:57PM -0.06		4:24AM 0.04	4:45PM -0.03		5:15AM 0.30	5:37PM 0.05		6:08AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	12	14	14	12	14	14	12	13	13	10	13	14	12	14	14	13	14	13	12	12	16
Low °C	12	11	12	12	10	12	12	10	11	11	9	10	13	12	13	13	12	13	12	11	11	14
Chill °C (?)	14	10	13	14	12	14	14	12	13	13	8	12	14	11	14	14	12	14	12	11	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-
Sunset	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	12	13	13	16	16	14	14	13	12	12	12	17	16	15	14	13	13	16	15	14	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	1.1 WSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SW	-	0.2 W	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	21	19	17	-	-	-	8	26	22	21	18	6	12	-	21	20	18	-	-	21	22	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	-	0.7 S	-	0.8 SSE	-	0.9 S	1.1 SE	0.7 S	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	5	-	-	5	-	6	-	6	6	5	2	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 13			Thursday 14								Friday 15								Saturday 16
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s)	12	13	20	13	13	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1248	1305	1417	1394	1214	1306	1288	1025	1356	1126	1113	1339	1222	1114	545	538	608	581	502	585	502	613
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:01PM 2.75				7:17AM 2.92				7:50PM 2.96				8:03AM 3.31				8:36PM 3.15
Low Tide / height (m)	12:46PM 0.66				1:07AM 0.51				1:35PM 0.26				1:48AM 0.32				2:22PM 0.10				2:46AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	12	12	12	12	11	12	14	14	12	12	11	10	11	12	14	14	12	12	11	11	10
Chill °C (?)	14	10	10	10	10	9	10	13	14	11	11	11	10	10	11	14	14	11	11	11	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	21	21	20	19	18	18	17	-	-	-	8	-	-	5	-	-	8	-	8	26	24	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.3 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	-	0.8 SSE	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	-	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	5	-	6	6

	Wednesday 13											Thursday 14
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s)	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	20	19	19	13	13	13	13	13	18	18	17	17	17	17
Energy	1247	1125	1248	1413	1314	1305	1242	1393	1417	1421	1406	1394	1376	1236	1214	1303	1207	1306	1305	1297	1288	1288
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)								7:01PM 2.75												7:17AM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)														1:07AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	13	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	5	3	-	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6