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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	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thu
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	4	4	0	4	3	3	4	3	0	3	1	0	4	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.4 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 W	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	8	8	18	11	11	10	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	10	13	14	8	13
Energy(?)	427	340	2189	661	620	266	679	854	749	1010	1385	645	925	984	972	836	643	318	571	1290	697	944
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	on	glass	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			10:04PM 3.46	11:10AM 2.90		11:31PM 2.81	11:23AM 3.70		11:47PM 3.49	12:12PM 3.67		12:37AM 3.40	12:57PM 3.38		1:13AM 2.87		1:43PM 3.10	2:22AM 3.10		2:46PM 3.23	3:12AM 2.64
Low Tide / height (m)		3:58PM 0.34		4:56AM 0.59	5:23PM 0.63		5:11AM 0.23	5:38PM 0.30		6:00AM 0.29	6:29PM 0.39		6:44AM 0.32		7:12PM 0.18	7:36AM 0.25		8:16PM 0.67	8:30AM 0.74		9:09PM 0.49	9:26AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	16	18	18	17	20	18	17	21	21	18	20	20	18	20	20	17	20	20	16	19
Low °C	16	16	15	17	17	16	19	18	16	19	20	17	19	19	17	20	20	15	18	18	14	18
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	17	17	17	20	18	17	21	21	18	20	20	18	20	20	17	20	20	16	18
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	8:34	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.2 S	0.1 NW	0.5 WSW	0.7 SW	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	9	6	18	13	13	7	11	11	10	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	13	14	7	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	0.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	16	10	-	18	20	12	16	15	14	13	13	14	12	12	13	12	12	12	9	8	14	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	-	-	0.6 N	-	-	-	1.1 W	2.0 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	6	8	-

	Thursday 04					Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sun
	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	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki
Rating	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	12	12	12	16	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	693	709	903	145	370	673	1496	971	661	519	463	372	518	653	536	798	283	592	616	759	1102	1024
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	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
High Tide / height (m)	9:41AM 3.22					10:39PM 2.78				10:35AM 3.64				10:51PM 3.23				11:23AM 3.70				11:43PM 3.21
Low Tide / height (m)			3:58PM 0.34	4:33PM 0.67				4:21AM 0.23				4:48PM 0.28				5:06AM -0.03				5:38PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	17	15	14	14	15	16	17	18	18	18	16	16	14	17	19	20	20	19	17	17
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	15	13	13	13	15	16	17	17	17	15	16	14	17	19	20	20	19	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 W	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	9	10	9	9	9	9	14	15	13	13	13	13	7	7	7	12	6	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.4 NNW	0.3 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.1 NW	0.3 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	8	9	16	6	8	7	18	12	18	19	20	20	12	12	12	16	12	16	15	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	-	-	9	9	8	8	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 04																Friday 05
	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	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki
Rating	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.3 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	8	8	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Energy(?)	666	390	427	421	585	478	709	903	903	1005	1124	1209	1696	2420	1872	2802	1053	2189	1938	1792	1807	1461
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			9:45AM 3.49	10:20AM 2.80											9:52PM 3.10	10:01PM 3.20
Low Tide / height (m)									3:58PM 0.34													4:18AM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	16	15	15	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	12	14	16	13	13	15	16	16	16	16	14	14	13	13	15	13	13	13	13	13	14	14
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SSE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 SSE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	9	9	10	9	9	9	15	15	9	8	8	9	18	18	18	14	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 NNW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	9	16	16	16	9	9	15	18	18	19	19	-	-	18	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 S	0.6 S	-	1.9 SSW	2.1 S	1.9 S	-	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.3 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	8	4	-	8	8	7	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9