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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	Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Sat
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	3	3	0	2	2	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	14
Energy(?)	343	619	930	655	1667	1455	628	703	650	291	357	288	165	203	123	142	99	92	99	101	115	174
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:12PM 3.23	2:36AM 3.01		2:52PM 2.97	3:18AM 2.85		3:38PM 2.78		4:10AM 2.70	4:38PM 2.62		5:21AM 2.60	5:33PM 1.59		6:38AM 2.25			7:54AM 2.35		8:19PM 2.70	8:48AM 2.96
Low Tide / height (m)			8:35PM 0.70	8:51AM 0.91		9:14PM 0.87	9:37AM 1.09		9:59PM 1.04	10:31AM 1.26		10:55PM 1.19	11:42AM 1.36		12:15AM 1.27	12:57PM 1.14		1:16AM 0.97		2:07PM 1.03	2:37AM 1.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	18	20	19	16	20	20	17	19	20	17	20	21	18	21	21	20	21	21	19	23
Low °C	18	19	18	18	19	15	18	20	16	18	19	15	18	20	18	20	21	18	20	21	18	21
Chill °C (?)	20	20	17	20	18	15	20	20	17	19	20	17	20	21	18	21	21	20	21	21	19	23
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	8:34	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.3 WSW	0.2 NNW	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	11	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 N	1.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 W	0.2 W	-	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 W	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.1 NW
Period (s)	13	-	-	13	6	12	12	12	11	7	7	-	6	5	5	5	8	5	4	4	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.5 S	-	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.2 S
Period (s)	6	12	13	6	13	6	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5

	Saturday 07							Sunday 08								Monday 09
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Whangaehu River Mouth Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki
Rating	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	6	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	422	408	343	407	619	764	859	930	987	651	655	657	1172	140	1026	1201	1094	1044	1136	715	529	443
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	1:58AM 3.23				2:12PM 3.17				2:36AM 3.01				2:52PM 2.97				3:19AM 2.56				3:38PM 2.78
Low Tide / height (m)			8:10AM 0.71				8:35PM 0.70				8:51AM 0.91				9:14PM 0.87				9:34AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	18	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	20	20	19	17	16	16	13	18	20	21	22
Chill °C (?)	15	15	18	20	20	19	17	17	17	17	17	20	20	19	17	16	16	13	18	20	21	22
Sunrise	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.1 N	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	6	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.3 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.6 S	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	-	14	13	12	12	-	6	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	1.8 WSW	-	-	0.8 S	0.9 S	-	-	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	7	7	6	6	12	13	13	13	12	6	6	6	13	-	-	6	6	-	-	5	4	4

	Saturday 07
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Whangaehu River Mouth Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki
Rating	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	6	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	447	445	422	389	419	408	370	357	343	384	381	407	407	160	619	997	1133	943	1414	1152	859	859
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	1:58AM 3.23													2:25PM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)								8:10AM 0.71												8:33PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	20	20	20	19	18	18	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 NW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.1 N	0.2 N	1.9 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	12	13	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 SW	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	-	13	13	-	13	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	-	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	12	-	-	13	13	-	13	13