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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	Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wed
	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	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki
Rating	2	2	1	2	3	1	0	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 NW	1.4 S	0.9 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.1 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.0 S	1.4 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 S	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	10	10	7	7	14	9	13	12	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	11	11	7	13
Energy(?)	402	299	245	192	404	292	648	941	977	741	732	878	637	695	650	510	575	303	211	136	421	305
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:52PM 2.69	8:25AM 2.68		8:42PM 2.63	9:10AM 2.82		9:43PM 2.53	10:09AM 2.68		10:35PM 2.14	10:48AM 2.83		10:48PM 3.00	11:03AM 3.21		11:39PM 2.88	12:05PM 2.50		12:05AM 3.32	12:38PM 2.56
Low Tide / height (m)		1:49PM 1.21	2:12AM 1.07		2:39PM 1.00	2:58AM 0.86		3:23PM 0.89	3:54AM 0.63		4:19PM 0.63		4:34AM 0.48	4:58PM 0.49		4:56AM 0.53	5:35PM 0.36		5:55AM 0.22	5:57PM 0.59		6:29AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	8	22	3	3	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	18	19	22	18	19	21	17	21	21	17	18	19	15	19	19	16	20	20	17	18
Low °C	18	20	18	18	19	16	19	19	16	17	19	13	13	18	12	15	19	12	16	19	14	17
Chill °C (?)	19	20	18	19	22	18	19	21	16	21	21	16	18	19	13	19	19	15	20	20	16	18
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 NW	0.6 WNW	1.1 W	1.7 W	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	7	7	9	9	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.6 WSW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	13	13	12	11	10	15	14	14	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	17	14	13	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.6 NNW	0.9 N	1.4 S	1.1 NW	-	1.0 S	1.6 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.0 S	1.4 SSE	1.0 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	-	4	5	7	6	7	6	-	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	7	6

	Wednesday 14							Thursday 15								Friday 16
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WNW	1.3 NW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	14	14	14	14	14	6	14	13	6
Energy(?)	534	418	380	335	299	292	243	245	241	219	192	91	404	409	777	958	702	686	129	684	694	105
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	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	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:34AM 2.72				7:47PM 2.53				8:35AM 2.39				8:42PM 2.63				9:32AM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)	1:01AM 0.91				1:44PM 1.10				2:15AM 0.89				2:48PM 0.93				3:08AM 0.77				3:28PM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	5	11	13	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	2	1	1
Temp. °C	15	16	18	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	22	19	19	18	17	17	20	19	18	19
Chill °C (?)	15	16	18	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	22	19	19	18	17	16	20	19	17	19
Sunrise	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 WSW	1.7 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	14	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 N	1.0 S	1.1 NW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	1.0 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	9	10	6	6	7	14	14	7	12	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.6 NNW	0.3 N	0.9 N	0.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	-	1.6 WNW	-	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	3	6	5	6	7	7	7	-	7	-	6

	Wednesday 14
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 NW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	12	10	9
Energy(?)	575	450	462	507	409	419	414	406	402	428	380	118	333	336	299	299	296	292	104	257	233	62
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)							7:29AM 2.56												7:57PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)	1:01AM 0.91												1:49PM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
High °C	15	15	16	15	16	16	16	17	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	17	20	20	18
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	14	16	15	16	17	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	17	20	20	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 W	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.3 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.2 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	6	6	6	6	13	13	13	13	9	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.0 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.6 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.3 SE	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	2	5	5	-