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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	Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sun
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	0	2	1	1	3	0	0	3	2	0	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.8 N	0.5 W	1.5 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	6	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	11	12	12	14
Energy(?)	662	96	489	819	509	327	243	331	200	349	51	510	210	188	375	431	306	414	585	905	924	1019
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	on	on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:27PM 2.36		12:31AM 2.71	12:55PM 3.23		1:52AM 2.47		1:29PM 2.68	2:03AM 2.90		2:23PM 2.67	2:44AM 2.46		3:13PM 2.61	3:42AM 2.41		4:15PM 2.92		4:51AM 2.76	5:08PM 2.77		5:47AM 2.44
Low Tide / height (m)		6:30PM 0.54		6:50AM 0.77		7:48PM 1.05	7:24AM 0.60		7:58PM 0.98	8:09AM 0.85		8:44PM 0.76	9:00AM 0.76		9:40PM 0.77	10:02AM 1.04		10:38PM 0.98	11:01AM 1.01		11:34PM 0.61	11:57AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	1	-	-	-	1	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	9
High °C	18	19	14	17	18	16	19	21	19	18	24	19	20	21	19	20	20	19	19	18	15	17
Low °C	17	17	12	16	18	15	18	21	17	18	22	19	20	21	19	19	19	18	18	16	14	15
Chill °C (?)	18	19	12	17	18	16	19	21	18	17	24	19	20	21	19	20	20	19	18	17	14	16
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	8:22	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	1.0 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	11	8	12	12	12	12	11	11	9	9	9	9	8	9	-	9	11	12	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	0.3 S	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.3 SW	1.0 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	12	5	13	12	7	7	16	-	15	10	12	13	12	12	16	15	-	10	9	9	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	1.0 WSW	-	0.9 S	-	0.6 NNE	0.5 NNE	1.1 N	1.8 N	0.8 NW	1.5 WNW	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	6	-	4	-	4	3	6	6	4	9	-	3	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Weld Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	7	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12
Energy(?)	103	607	563	531	552	504	1133	1060	534	504	509	512	789	576	577	244	243	243	211	186	279	298
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:16PM 2.89								12:50PM 3.05					1:12AM 2.64				1:37PM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)				6:33PM 0.82				6:36AM 0.49					7:11PM 0.63				7:29AM 0.86				7:48PM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	18	17	14	14	12	13	16	16	17	18	16	16	16	16	18	19	20	19	16	16
Chill °C (?)	17	18	18	16	12	13	10	13	16	16	17	18	16	15	15	15	18	19	20	19	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	7	13	13	8	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 W	0.1 N	0.4 SW	0.1 N	-	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.1 S	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.6 N	-	-
Period (s)	8	12	12	8	12	13	11	-	12	12	7	7	6	7	7	6	16	16	16	5	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 SW	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.6 SSE	-	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	0.7 N	0.6 N	-	0.6 N	0.9 N
Period (s)	-	-	7	3	5	7	7	-	-	4	4	5	6	-	3	3	4	5	5	-	4	5

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	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Weld Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	8	13	13
Energy(?)	128	662	662	640	622	85	981	902	560	645	817	867	867	813	1394	560	475	489	519	884	960	1054
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)						12:53PM 2.66												12:38AM 3.09
Low Tide / height (m)												6:31PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	17	17	18	19	18	20	18	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	15	14
Chill °C (?)	15	16	17	17	18	19	18	20	18	15	15	15	14	14	12	12	12	11	11	12	15	14
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	8	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 W	0.2 WNW	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 N	-	-
Period (s)	14	12	12	12	12	7	8	-	12	12	8	8	8	12	12	12	13	13	13	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	-	-	-	6	5	5	6	6	7	8	6	6