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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	Thu	Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Sky Williams Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki
Rating	0	0	2	0	0	4	4	0	4	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.7 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 NW	0.6 W	1.7 NW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	7	14	14	13	12	12	13	12	11	11	10	12	11	11	10	10	9	13	13	13
Energy(?)	299	763	407	1691	1731	2640	2165	907	1990	789	374	316	85	225	632	540	344	81	571	1160	999	1385
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:06AM 2.42	6:23PM 2.51		7:08AM 2.47		7:28PM 2.87	8:00AM 2.82		8:33PM 2.09	9:02AM 2.12		9:02PM 3.00	9:29AM 3.07		9:41PM 3.06	10:04AM 3.18		10:07PM 2.83	10:29AM 2.94		10:39PM 2.84
Low Tide / height (m)	11:42PM 0.70	12:14PM 0.81		12:50AM 1.04		1:16PM 1.02	1:47AM 0.87		2:36PM 0.63	2:58AM 0.48		2:58PM 0.80	3:16AM 0.64		3:38PM 0.71	3:53AM 0.57		4:14PM 0.73		4:18AM 0.35	4:42PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	15	2	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	17	16	15	16	14	16	15	13	18	22	17	23	20	18	20	21	18	19	20	19
Low °C	13	16	16	15	15	15	11	14	14	12	16	21	16	21	19	18	19	20	17	18	20	19
Chill °C (?)	13	15	16	15	13	14	12	16	14	13	18	22	17	23	20	18	20	21	17	19	20	19
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.3 SW	2.0 W	1.7 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 NW	0.6 W	1.7 NW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	7	11	16	14	14	13	12	12	13	12	11	11	10	12	11	11	10	10	9	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.7 W	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.7 W	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 W	0.4 WNW	1.3 N	1.2 N	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.1 NW	0.9 W	0.6 NW
Period (s)	12	11	7	-	-	-	19	15	18	21	9	9	15	7	7	7	11	15	12	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.0 W	-	2.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 N	0.4 NNW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	0.9 N	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	7	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sunday 16
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki
Rating	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	2.5 W	1.7 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	9	13	8	7	7	8	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13
Energy(?)	727	528	401	565	763	886	809	1402	625	365	281	1386	1731	3004	2640	2269	1805	1671	1491	1457	2376	878
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	off	off	off	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:56AM 2.77				6:30PM 2.84					7:01AM 2.73				7:28PM 2.87				8:01AM 2.60
Low Tide / height (m)		11:52PM 0.75				12:10PM 1.09					1:26AM 0.69				1:16PM 1.02				1:43AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	13	12	16	16	16	16	14	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	11	11	10	13	16
Chill °C (?)	14	12	12	11	15	15	15	15	12	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	9	10	9	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 WNW	1.6 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 WSW	0.5 SW	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	16	15	7	7	14	14	-	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	0.7 W	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	0.1 S	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	12	14	13	-	11	18	16	-	7	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 W	0.7 NNW	0.9 NNW	2.5 W	2.2 W	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	7	11	-	11	9	13	8	4	4	8	8	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 13				Friday 14
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki
Rating	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	10
Energy(?)	343	484	727	276	277	299	299	321	232	229	48	565	565	763	763	763	886	886	845	825	1096	580
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)					11:49PM 0.72													12:10PM 1.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	14	14	15	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	14	15	15	15	16	16	14	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	-
Period (s)	7	7	12	7	7	7	7	12	6	6	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	13	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	-	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	7	-	-	11	11	11	18	18	17	16	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	6	6	11	11	-	-	-	11	11	10	10	9	10