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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	Wed		Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wed
	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	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Weld Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	3	4	4	3	4	2	0	3	2	1	3	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 S	1.1 W	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 S	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	13	12	12	7	9	9	14	14	7	13	12	11	9	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	167	147	178	214	178	128	109	66	353	1041	2044	1445	1322	682	438	889	622	242	533	267	229	260
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)	5:57PM 2.54		6:38AM 2.25		7:08PM 2.22	7:54AM 2.35		8:19PM 2.70	8:43AM 2.74		9:10PM 2.51	9:36AM 2.73		9:44PM 2.61	10:06AM 2.84		10:30PM 3.19	10:44AM 3.43		11:06PM 3.33	11:16AM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)		12:15AM 1.27	12:57PM 1.14	1:07PM 1.16	1:27AM 1.01		2:16PM 1.21	2:37AM 1.06		3:04PM 1.03	3:17AM 0.67		3:37PM 0.62	3:49AM 0.47		4:21PM 0.64		4:38AM 0.50	4:57PM 0.47		5:04AM 0.16	5:28PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	21	22	19	21	21	20	21	21	16	19	17	15	18	18	17	17	19	17	19	18
Low °C	19	18	20	22	17	21	20	19	19	19	15	16	17	14	17	18	15	16	18	16	18	18
Chill °C (?)	20	20	21	22	19	21	21	20	21	21	15	18	16	14	18	18	17	17	19	17	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:52	-
Sunset	8:30	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:21
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.5 N	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 S	1.1 W	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 S	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	6	11	11	11	11	6	6	5	12	17	9	14	14	7	13	12	11	9	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.3 S	0.3 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 W	0.1 NW	1.3 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.0 S	0.2 W	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 WSW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	5	5	5	15	11	12	12	18	13	15	12	12	9	21	11	10	11	17	16	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.6 NE	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.2 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	1.7 S	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	3	-	-	-	7	9	7	7	7	7	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 11			Thursday 12								Friday 13								Saturday 14
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	124	135	232	202	224	226	127	117	123	134	243	261	236	207	202	130	109	82	67	66	101	119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:57PM 2.54				6:38AM 2.25					7:08PM 2.22				7:45AM 2.29				8:19PM 2.70
Low Tide / height (m)				12:19AM 1.10					1:04PM 1.23				1:16AM 0.97				2:16PM 1.21				2:18AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	3	5	3
Temp. °C	22	22	19	17	18	18	20	21	22	22	21	19	19	19	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	20
Chill °C (?)	22	22	19	16	18	18	20	21	22	22	21	19	19	19	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47
Sunset	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	6	6	6	5	5	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.1 S	0.2 N	0.3 SSE	0.2 N	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	13	13	18	5	6	6	6	3	5	4	16	15	15	14	11	13	12	12	12	12	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSE	-	0.3 NE	0.2 NNE	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SW
Period (s)	6	6	5	5	-	2	3	-	3	-	-	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Wednesday 11										Thursday 12
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	124	124	225	165	190	186	134	146	165	145	262	289	187	175	175	173	157	157	157	158	174	174
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)					5:44PM 2.20													6:50AM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)												12:12AM 1.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	22	19	21	21	21	20	17	20	19	19	17	16	16	18	18	18	18	19	22	23
Chill °C (?)	21	21	22	19	21	21	21	20	16	20	19	19	17	16	16	18	18	18	18	19	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	5	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.7 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.6 SW	0.1 NW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	12	13	13	11	13	13	13	18	5	18	5	5	5	5	5	5	18	18	18	6	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSE	0.6 SW	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 NNE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	6	6	6	-	5	5	5	5	4	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	3	3	3