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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	Mon		Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Mon
	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	1	2	4	0	4	4	0	4	4	0	4	4	0	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	0.9 NW	0.6 W	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	0.8 W	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.3 S
Period(s) (?)	11	6	12	12	11	10	9	9	13	14	13	13	14	13	14	15	14	14	13	8	12	8
Energy(?)	309	129	133	847	863	127	427	368	813	1264	1502	1033	1434	1226	208	1475	1223	702	910	1016	523	1022
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:02PM 3.00	9:29AM 3.07		9:31PM 2.79	9:59AM 3.00		10:20PM 2.83	10:48AM 2.38		10:48PM 2.98	11:11AM 3.31		11:27PM 3.16	11:44AM 3.32		12:09AM 2.31	12:18PM 3.29		12:38AM 3.09	12:50PM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)		3:16AM 0.64		3:21PM 0.52	3:43AM 0.38		4:16PM 0.47		4:37AM 0.29	4:44PM 0.57		5:03AM 0.56	5:22PM 0.69		5:38AM 0.61	6:00PM 0.46		6:13AM 0.68	6:33PM 0.82		6:45AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	12	6	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	16	23	19	18	18	17	17	19	18	15	18	19	16	20	19	16	19	18	14	20	22
Low °C	20	15	21	18	18	18	17	17	18	17	13	18	18	15	18	18	16	18	17	13	18	21
Chill °C (?)	23	16	23	19	18	18	17	17	19	17	15	18	19	16	20	19	16	19	18	13	20	22
Sunrise	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	8:13	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 NW	0.6 W	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	0.8 W	1.5 NW	0.5 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.7 W	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	11	6	12	12	11	10	9	12	7	14	13	13	14	13	6	15	14	14	13	13	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 WSW	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 NNW	1.1 WSW	0.1 N	0.5 NW	0.9 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.7 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 WNW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.1 N
Period (s)	8	10	8	14	13	-	11	8	13	11	8	6	12	7	14	13	13	12	8	11	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 N	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW	-	1.1 WNW	-	1.0 W	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	2.1 SW	1.0 S	2.3 S
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	7	-	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	6	8

	Monday 17			Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
	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	Paritutu and Ngamotu Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Desperation Point Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	3	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	1.4 N	0.5 W	1.0 W	1.4 WNW	1.2 W	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.6 W	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	6	13	12	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	8	9	13
Energy(?)	208	144	136	214	215	106	318	507	372	1235	1043	863	683	552	541	518	80	378	317	335	409	802
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
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	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:02PM 3.00				9:33AM 2.76				9:36PM 2.89					10:08AM 2.85				10:18PM 3.12
Low Tide / height (m)	2:58PM 0.80				3:06AM 0.44				3:50PM 0.44				3:53AM 0.57					4:14PM 0.67				4:20AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	3	1	4	2	1	5	1	-	1	-	1
Temp. °C	19	19	17	15	15	16	19	22	20	20	19	18	18	18	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	19	19	17	14	14	14	19	22	20	20	19	18	18	18	17	18	18	17	17	17	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	1.0 W	1.4 WNW	1.2 W	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	0.6 W	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	13	12	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	5	5	8	8	8	10	10	16	8	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	14	11	11	12	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 N	1.0 N	1.4 N	1.6 NNW	1.5 N	1.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	6	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-

	Monday 17										Tuesday 18
	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	Paritutu and Ngamotu Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Desperation Point Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	3	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.9 NW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.7 W	1.0 W	1.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	6	11	11	10	10	10	8	13	13	12	12	11
Energy(?)	253	209	174	281	202	149	149	115	52	115	129	108	93	72	57	55	41	88	113	169	318	317
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)									9:16PM 2.18												9:24AM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)		2:58PM 0.80													3:16AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	19	23	19	18	16	16	15	16	17	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	19	18
Chill °C (?)	18	19	19	23	19	18	16	16	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	16	15	16	16	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 N	0.5 WNW	0.7 N	0.9 NW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.7 W	1.0 W	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	6	6	6	8	6	6	11	11	10	10	10	8	13	13	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.4 WNW	0.7 N	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	8	5	5	8	5	11	11	8	11	8	10	8	8	8	8	14	14	10	10	8	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	0.7 N	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.5 NNW	-	1.5 N	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.5 N	1.6 N
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	5	6	6	6	6	7	-	7	7	7	7	7