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 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			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	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Bog Works Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	4	0	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	2	2	1	1	1	0	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 S	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	11	10	10	10	9	10	14	14	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	13	12	11	13
Energy(?)	366	509	692	680	631	2426	1560	742	1454	1272	659	192	570	494	252	60	102	159	275	195	379	284
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		8:29PM 3.00	9:07AM 2.81		9:18PM 3.15	9:40AM 3.04		9:56PM 3.10	10:10AM 3.10		10:38PM 3.37	10:53AM 3.44		11:12PM 3.41	12:02PM 2.75		11:42PM 3.11	11:57AM 3.09		12:17AM 3.08	12:30PM 2.98
Low Tide / height (m)		2:43AM 0.74		3:25PM 0.40	3:29AM 0.55		3:46PM 0.35		4:01AM 0.23	4:27PM 0.13		4:47AM 0.35	5:05PM 0.28		5:57AM 0.68	5:38PM 0.12		5:55AM 0.23	6:10PM 0.20		6:29AM 0.33	6:47PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	9	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	17	19	20	17	17	16	12	16	17	14	18	17	15	17	18	16	18	17	16	18	18
Low °C	17	16	18	19	15	15	14	12	14	15	13	15	15	13	15	16	16	16	17	15	16	17
Chill °C (?)	20	16	19	20	16	17	15	10	16	17	13	18	17	15	17	18	16	18	16	16	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-
Sunset	7:22	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 S	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	11	10	16	16	9	10	14	14	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	13	12	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 S	-	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 S	-	0.1 N	-	0.2 N	-	0.3 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	-	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	7	9	12	12	16	-	15	14	9	-	12	-	5	-	15	13	18	-	9	6	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.8 NNW	-	-	1.6 WNW	3.5 WSW	1.8 S	-	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	0.6 W	1.2 WNW	0.2 N	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	10	10	6	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	6	3	3	-

	Sunday 29			Monday 30								Tuesday 31								Wednesday 01
	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	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 NW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.5 SW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	9	11	11	11	11	16	12	16	8	9	10	10	10	9	14	13	13	14
Energy(?)	476	330	358	509	694	1045	1104	1061	654	841	1182	2790	1533	1962	946	3172	1212	1543	1409	1610	1557	1048
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:45PM 2.60				8:49AM 3.05				9:18PM 3.15								10:00PM 2.98
Low Tide / height (m)	2:20PM 0.57				2:43AM 0.74				3:02PM 0.37				3:29AM 0.55				3:49PM 0.22					4:10AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	2	6	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	17	16	17	17	18	19	19	19	17	16	15	14	16	17	18	14	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	18	17	17	15	17	17	18	19	19	19	16	14	13	12	16	16	18	12	10	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 NW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.1 N	2.3 WSW	3.5 SW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	9	11	11	12	11	10	10	10	9	15	10	10	10	9	10	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.1 N	-	0.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	6	6	10	9	12	13	13	18	6	16	16	7	15	-	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 N	-	0.5 NNW	0.8 NNW	-	-	-	1.8 WNW	-	-	1.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	1.9 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	-
Period (s)	3	-	4	6	-	-	-	11	-	-	12	16	8	9	-	-	-	8	7	7	6	-

	Sunday 29										Monday 30
	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	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 NW	0.6 WSW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	9	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	496	329	366	372	330	461	341	362	192	371	525	508	508	702	160	1177	984	1045	1084	1102	1082	975
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)								8:24PM 2.83												8:54AM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)		2:20PM 0.81												2:43AM 0.74	3:18AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	20	19	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	16	16	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	18	19	20	19	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 NW	0.6 WSW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	9	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 W	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	10	6	10	10	10	10	12	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	-	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	-	0.4 N	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	-	-	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	6	6	-	3	4	4	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-