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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	Sun		Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sun
	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	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	2	2	1	2	1	4	2	0	3	1	2	4	4	0	4	4	0	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	2.4 NW	1.6 WNW	1.9 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 W	1.0 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	11	11	10	12	12	11	10	9	7	8	15	14	13	14	13	6	16	14	14	13
Energy(?)	2135	831	358	185	107	88	1591	601	733	489	193	218	2330	1714	1126	1655	1032	378	1539	845	942	734
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		8:18PM 2.93	8:44AM 2.71		9:02PM 3.00	9:24AM 2.89		9:53PM 2.26	10:04AM 3.18		10:18PM 3.12	10:33AM 3.08		10:39PM 2.84	11:16AM 2.93		12:02AM 2.58	11:50AM 2.91		12:04AM 2.80	12:18PM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)		2:35AM 0.75		2:50PM 0.61	3:16AM 0.64		3:33PM 0.62			4:06PM 0.49		4:24AM 0.46	4:44PM 0.57		5:04AM 0.34	5:57PM 0.90		5:39AM 0.37	5:47PM 0.47		6:06AM 0.44	6:37PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	17	19	16	24	21	19	18	17	13	21	15	13	17	18	14	19	16	15	18	18
Low °C	15	12	15	19	15	21	19	16	17	16	11	17	15	12	16	16	13	18	16	13	16	18
Chill °C (?)	15	13	17	19	16	24	21	19	18	16	12	21	14	13	16	18	13	19	15	14	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:56	-
Sunset	8:16	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:24
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 N	0.5 W	0.2 WSW	1.6 WNW	1.9 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 W	1.0 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 W	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	11	11	6	12	12	11	10	9	7	8	15	14	13	14	13	6	16	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 NW	0.1 NW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.3 W	0.5 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	9	9	9	7	7	8	16	4	11	11	11	11	8	8	12	12	20	14	13	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 N	0.9 NNW	0.3 E	-	2.4 NW	-	-	1.1 WSW	-	-	1.5 W	-	1.1 W	1.0 W	-	1.3 WNW	0.7 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	6	2	-	12	-	-	6	-	-	11	-	6	6	-	6	5	-	-	-

	Sunday 16			Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19
	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	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki
Rating	0	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.3 W	0.9 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	1.0 W	2.5 NW	1.6 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	14	6	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	852	1265	1186	1178	653	528	371	92	204	277	144	107	72	112	244	125	256	1487	674	1606	1225	1001
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- 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	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			8:15PM 2.69				8:43AM 2.77				9:02PM 3.00				9:33AM 2.76	10:04AM 2.51			9:25PM 2.72
Low Tide / height (m)					2:35AM 0.75				2:58PM 0.80				3:11AM 0.55								3:45AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	5	1
Temp. °C	15	15	13	13	13	14	17	21	18	18	17	17	17	17	20	24	21	19	17	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	14	15	12	12	12	12	17	21	18	18	17	16	16	16	20	24	21	19	17	15	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 N	0.4 SW	0.9 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	1.0 W	0.2 WSW	1.6 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	6	10	6	11	11	11	13	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 NNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 NW	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	18	18	9	9	9	9	8	5	8	8	7	14	13	10	7	8	16	13	13	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.8 N	-	-	0.8 N	0.8 NNW	0.3 E	1.4 NNW	-	1.7 N	0.2 NNW	0.3 NW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	-	5	5	2	6	-	7	2	2	11	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 16										Monday 17
	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	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki
Rating	0	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 W	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	1.5 WSW	0.8 W	0.7 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	865	1556	1935	2135	1284	1332	1197	414	921	1290	786	831	751	359	686	128	121	528	674	436	465	338
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)								8:33PM 2.09												8:55AM 2.65
Low Tide / height (m)		2:12PM 0.91												2:23AM 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	15	15	14	13	12	13	13	12	13	13	11	12	10	10	14	13	16	15	19
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	15	15	14	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	10	12	9	10	13	13	16	14	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 W	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	1.5 WSW	0.8 W	0.7 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 WNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 S	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.2 W	0.7 NW	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	18	18	9	18	18	18	8	6	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	12	9	8	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	0.8 N	0.9 NNE	0.8 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	5	5	5