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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	Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Fri
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	0	3	4	4	4	4	0	2	3	0	0	4	4	6	5	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s)	15	14	13	18	16	14	13	13	8	17	14	13	13	13	12	21	20	18	9	11	15	15
Energy	375	254	353	489	504	942	421	419	1259	1739	1809	1292	320	811	489	520	657	935	1269	2613	4297	562
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	glass	on	on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:31PM 2.47		4:22AM 2.92	4:54PM 2.44		5:34AM 2.94		6:03PM 2.82	6:32AM 2.71		7:39PM 2.41	7:24AM 2.80		7:52PM 2.77	8:05AM 2.86		8:36PM 3.17	8:45AM 2.94		9:13PM 3.27	9:27AM 3.25
Low Tide / height (m)	9:24AM 0.69		9:52PM 1.06	10:40AM 1.02		11:05PM 0.76	11:52AM 0.95		12:19AM 0.95		12:50PM 0.56	1:52AM 0.98		1:38PM 0.44	1:57AM 0.50		2:20PM 0.34	2:45AM 0.56		3:20PM 0.25		3:22AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	11	15	15	14	16	17	15	16	16	15	16	18	14	16	16	16	14	15	12	14
Low °C	12	13	11	13	14	14	15	15	13	13	15	14	14	14	13	16	15	14	12	13	11	10
Chill °C (?)	14	15	9	15	14	13	16	16	13	16	16	14	16	18	14	15	15	15	12	15	11	14
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	5:43	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	15	14	13	13	16	14	13	13	12	8	14	13	7	13	7	12	11	13	9	11	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.2 W	0.1 N	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 N	0.8 WSW	0.2 W	1.0 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	12	12	20	5	13	6	7	20	14	17	7	13	13	18	12	21	20	18	18	18	6	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.8 WSW	2.5 SW	-	-	1.7 WSW	-	1.4 WSW	-	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	1.1 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	3	-	5	-	-	7	8	-	-	7	-	7	-	7	7	7	-	6	-	-

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	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s)	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	18	18	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12
Energy	684	658	261	259	432	388	236	258	226	521	633	78	707	1028	1087	596	1028	513	631	110	419	330
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	on	cross- on
Tide State	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	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	2:53AM 2.72					3:31PM 2.47				4:11AM 2.63				4:54PM 2.44				5:34AM 2.94
Low Tide / height (m)				9:26AM 0.99				9:52PM 1.06				11:15AM 1.13				11:03PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	12	14	14	12	12	11	11	11	13	15	16	14	14	13	14	13	15	17	16	15
Chill °C (?)	10	10	12	14	13	11	11	11	11	11	13	15	15	13	13	13	14	13	15	16	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 W	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	5	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.3 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 W	0.2 W
Period (s)	5	5	12	12	8	6	21	21	20	5	18	16	12	-	-	6	7	7	7	9	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	8	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	6	-	-	-	-	7	7	5

	Friday 24
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	12	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	418	684	297	293	487	411	280	266	261	422	392	45	356	434	472	274	475	257	316	37	236	227
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				3:04AM 2.99												3:29PM 2.45
Low Tide / height (m)										9:24AM 0.69												9:52PM 1.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	11	12	13	13	12	14	14	14	15	13	13	12	10	12	11
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	9	11	10	9	10	12	13	13	12	14	14	13	15	12	12	11	10	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 S	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	12	12	8	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.5 SSE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	16	5	13	13	12	12	7	12	12	15	15	14	15	8	8	12	13	13	6	8	21	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	0.4 S	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	3	7	7	7	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	4	-	-	3	-	3	-	2	2