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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	Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sun
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu 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	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	4	4	2	0	0	3	4	0	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	18	16	14	16	8	11	11	13	12	12	12	14	14	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	13
Energy(?)	438	1474	572	1190	1056	1382	2844	2028	6042	3051	2392	1531	1554	1277	1155	1112	1141	1241	1248	1447	902	98
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:57PM 2.60		4:30AM 2.51	5:17PM 2.54		5:53AM 2.46		6:41PM 2.08	7:26AM 1.96		7:50PM 3.17	8:13AM 3.08		8:39PM 3.34	9:02AM 3.22		9:21PM 3.11	9:39AM 2.96		9:57PM 3.35	10:16AM 3.21
Low Tide / height (m)	9:43AM 0.63		10:19PM 1.11	10:58AM 0.72		11:47PM 1.21		12:07PM 0.68	12:56AM 0.63		1:34PM 0.92	2:04AM 0.84		2:27PM 0.73	2:52AM 0.65		3:36PM 0.32		3:33AM 0.23	3:48PM 0.35		4:10AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	9	2	-	3	4	4	7	13	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	10	13	13	11	9	9	8	10	12	9	11	12	9	12	13	9	10	10	8	12
Low °C	10	11	8	13	12	9	9	5	8	8	8	9	9	10	8	9	10	7	8	10	7	8
Chill °C (?)	9	9	8	11	10	8	6	4	3	7	10	6	9	10	7	11	13	7	10	10	8	12
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.1 S	3.5 W	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.2 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	12	18	16	14	13	14	11	11	13	12	21	12	14	14	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNE	0.9 N	0.1 S	-	1.0 WSW	-	0.8 WSW	1.4 NW	-	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.2 S
Period (s)	6	8	17	-	16	-	14	9	-	24	22	16	18	-	6	-	-	-	5	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	-	0.3 W	0.2 NNW	0.9 WNW	3.5 W	-	1.0 SE	3.0 S	2.5 SSE	3.0 SW	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	2	5	4	8	-	4	9	8	12	7	6	6	6	5	4	5	4	-	-	-

	Sunday 17					Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wed
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki
Rating	3	4	4	5	4	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	4	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 W	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	19	18	17	16	16	15	15	14	16	16	15	14	8	9	10	9	11	11	12	13	13
Energy(?)	673	1716	1474	3187	1590	1505	1185	655	501	277	1056	1267	3352	1612	2130	2943	1214	3103	1981	3420	5438	5518
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross
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
High Tide / height (m)				3:57PM 2.60				4:23AM 2.49				5:32PM 2.86					6:01AM 1.88				6:46PM 2.82
Low Tide / height (m)		9:43AM 0.63				10:19PM 1.17				11:03AM 0.78				11:47PM 1.15					12:12PM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	2	6	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	-	-	1	2	4	5	2	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	9	14	13	12	11	11	11	10	9	9	7	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	8	9	10	9	10	8	9	9	7	13	10	9	7	7	8	7	7	7	3	4	4	4
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 W	1.0 SW	0.7 W	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 NW	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.2 S	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	19	18	17	16	16	15	15	14	5	13	15	8	-	-	14	13	11	11	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.9 WSW	-	1.1 NW	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	12	14	-	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 W	1.0 W	0.4 NNW	0.9 WNW	1.9 NW	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	-	-	2.4 SSE	3.5 SSE	4.0 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	5	3	4	6	14	8	9	10	9	-	-	8	10	9

	Sunday 17																	Monday 18
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki
Rating	3	4	4	5	4	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	4	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 W	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 SW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14
Energy(?)	530	597	438	911	1495	1222	1489	910	632	257	1664	1627	1553	1648	1569	1550	272	1957	1324	1637	1593	1504
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										3:56PM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)				9:43AM 0.63													10:15PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	2	2	3	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	13	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	11	11	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	8	8	7	8	8	8	9	12	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	7	9	9	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 W	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 SW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 N	0.9 NNE	0.7 NNE	1.1 NE	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.6 N	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.1 S	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	22	15	7	7	7	7	6	6	16	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	3	4	5	5