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 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			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	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	1	1	0	0	4	4	0	4	4	0	4	4	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 W	1.7 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	8	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	127	557	314	1101	1743	1458	995	1211	1226	952	1644	1230	708	868	784	742	670	681	419	298	293	246
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:08AM 2.85		10:53PM 2.55	10:33AM 3.08		10:55PM 2.85	11:46AM 2.68		11:18PM 2.83	11:36AM 2.94		12:09AM 2.31	12:20PM 2.91		12:40AM 2.72	12:55PM 3.23		1:07AM 2.62		2:12PM 2.56	1:56AM 2.55
Low Tide / height (m)		4:14PM 0.67		4:24AM 0.46	4:51PM 0.43		5:38AM 0.82	5:28PM 0.31		5:24AM 0.37	5:57PM 0.74		6:07AM 0.44	6:28PM 0.72		6:50AM 0.77		7:07PM 0.60	7:22AM 0.58		7:56PM 0.70	8:09AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-
High °C	19	19	17	17	16	14	18	18	14	18	18	14	17	17	13	17	19	16	19	20	18	25
Low °C	18	19	16	17	16	13	16	17	14	16	17	13	16	16	12	16	18	16	19	19	17	19
Chill °C (?)	19	19	17	16	15	14	18	18	14	18	18	13	16	16	11	17	19	16	19	20	18	25
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	8:21	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.5 SW	1.3 NW	1.6 WNW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	10	11	8	8	14	13	13	13	13	14	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.1 N	0.9 SW	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 S	0.2 W	0.2 WNW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.5 S	0.1 N	0.1 N	-
Period (s)	-	15	12	13	13	6	7	6	7	13	13	5	9	8	7	7	7	11	5	16	15	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 NW	-	-	1.3 WNW	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	7	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	4	-

	Wednesday 19					Thursday 20								Friday 21								Sat
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Graveyards Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 W	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	1.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	10	9	9	13	9	11	13	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	645	527	100	431	401	102	82	92	1101	793	1401	515	1972	1589	1333	1097	1474	546	944	248	1226	1226
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass
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
High Tide / height (m)		10:04AM 3.18				10:20PM 2.83				10:26AM 2.94				10:48PM 2.98				11:00AM 2.96				11:20PM 2.86
Low Tide / height (m)				4:09PM 0.58				4:37AM 0.29				4:55PM 0.32				5:03AM 0.56				5:57PM 0.90
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	18	18	17	15	16	17	17	18	18	17	14	14	13	13	17	19	18	17	15	14
Chill °C (?)	18	17	18	18	17	14	15	16	16	18	17	16	14	13	12	13	17	19	18	16	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 W	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 W	1.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	9	10	9	9	10	9	9	8	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 W	1.2 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	1.0 WSW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	11	11	14	11	12	13	12	11	13	10	7	13	8	8	6	7	7	7	7	15	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	-	0.4 NW	-	1.3 WNW	-	1.2 W	-	-	1.3 W	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	3	-	8	-	7	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	6	-	-

	Wednesday 19																Thursday 20
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Graveyards Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	0.8 W	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	0.6 W	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 NW	0.5 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	8	8
Energy(?)	637	641	127	645	571	571	102	102	461	309	386	78	452	405	401	314	431	189	306	70	641	668
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																10:18PM 3.12
Low Tide / height (m)										4:01PM 0.47												4:20AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	18	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	17	16	18	18	19	19	19	18	17	18	18	17	16	16	17	16	15	16	15	16	15	15
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	0.8 W	1.8 NW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	0.6 W	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 WSW	1.1 NW	1.3 NW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	12	8	8	9	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	-	11	15	15	15	14	11	12	11	14	12	11	12	12	10	12	11	12	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	-	-	-	1.7 NW	1.7 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	8	8