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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	Sat		Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Sat
	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Punihos Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	0	1	1	2	4	2	2	1	0	2	1	0	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	1.5 S	1.7 NNW	1.5 SSE	0.9 S	0.8 W	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	0.7 NW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	12	8	11	8	8	12	9	8	7	7	14	13	13	12
Energy(?)	2425	1614	1051	940	770	600	234	234	135	279	812	301	216	214	724	434	158	87	235	152	273	222
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	4:11PM 2.55	3:58AM 2.51		4:20PM 2.65		5:11AM 2.58	5:25PM 2.62		6:21AM 2.64	6:43PM 2.72		7:27AM 2.75		7:52PM 2.80	8:31AM 2.91		8:54PM 2.91	9:34AM 3.42		9:56PM 3.33	10:25AM 3.59
Low Tide / height (m)		9:54PM 0.52	10:13AM 0.65		10:53PM 0.82	11:26AM 0.71		12:27AM 0.99	12:36PM 0.67		1:09AM 0.48		1:43PM 0.84	2:12AM 0.37		2:45PM 0.44	3:10AM 0.25		3:48PM 0.55		4:11AM 0.44	4:29PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	5	5	7	4	15	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	14	17	19	16	22	20	20	23	16	18	19	19	18	18	20	17	20	20	17	21	22
Low °C	15	12	16	18	15	19	16	18	20	15	15	18	19	18	18	20	16	18	19	16	20	21
Chill °C (?)	19	14	17	19	15	22	20	20	23	15	17	19	19	18	17	20	17	20	20	17	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-
Sunset	8:45	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	1.5 S	3.0 S	2.2 NNW	0.9 S	0.8 W	1.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	12	8	10	10	8	12	9	8	7	7	6	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 NNE	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	1.7 NNW	1.5 SSE	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.3 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.7 NW	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	17	4	16	15	7	5	11	8	10	8	8	8	7	6	14	6	11	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 E	-	-	3.5 SSE	-	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	6	4	4	-	-	10	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

	Saturday 27			Sunday 28								Monday 29								Tuesday 30
	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	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Graveyards Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Punihos Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	7	7	11	10	10	10	11
Energy(?)	558	2160	1791	1614	1038	1097	1032	260	933	1069	1050	770	557	746	600	1012	689	152	176	153	157	142
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	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)						4:07AM 2.58				4:29PM 2.72				5:11AM 2.58				5:28PM 3.04				6:10AM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)			9:54PM 0.52					10:58AM 1.06				11:00PM 0.56				11:26AM 0.71				11:52PM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	1	-	1
Temp. °C	17	15	14	13	14	14	18	18	17	19	16	15	15	16	19	22	21	16	16	16	15	18
Chill °C (?)	16	15	14	13	14	14	18	18	17	19	15	14	14	15	19	22	21	14	14	14	12	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 S	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	9	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	7	11	11	10	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.4 NNW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 S	0.2 NNE	1.2 WSW	0.2 NNE	0.2 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	12	6	18	18	17	16	6	4	11	5	15	9	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	2	6	6	7	7	4	4	4	4	3

	Saturday 27	Sunday 28
	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	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Graveyards Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Punihos Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	365	2461	2425	2373	1727	2019	2122	1333	1803	1965	1813	1540	1088	1389	1367	1231	1225	901	821	791	791	1016
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	on	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)																4:07AM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)										10:01PM 0.55												10:13AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	19	19	17	16	15	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	16	16	19
Chill °C (?)	17	19	19	19	17	15	15	16	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	14	16	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.1 W	-	0.4 NW	0.6 SW	0.4 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	-	6	6	6	21	-	6	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	-	1.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	6	6	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-