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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	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tue
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Graveyards Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	4	4	1	4	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.4 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	20	18	16	16	8	9	8	9	9	13	13	15	14	14	7	13	13	13
Energy(?)	564	717	553	423	92	421	476	552	1147	1195	946	2140	486	2231	1664	1105	1515	1073	221	1429	925	592
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:19AM 2.76		11:41PM 2.69	11:42AM 2.62		12:00AM 2.54	11:50AM 3.21		12:16AM 3.48	12:34PM 3.31		12:53AM 3.47		1:08PM 3.57	1:27AM 3.22		2:23PM 2.76	2:15AM 3.27		2:34PM 3.24	3:05AM 3.10
Low Tide / height (m)		5:32PM 0.76		5:36AM 0.11	5:34PM 0.09		5:40AM 0.07	6:12PM 0.03		6:25AM 0.06	6:50PM 0.01		7:04AM 0.36		7:24PM 0.28	7:50AM 0.13		8:11PM 0.51	8:33AM 0.69		8:57PM 0.71	9:13AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	17	19	19	17	19	18	17	18	19	16	18	18	15	18	18	18	20	18	16	19
Low °C	18	19	17	18	18	16	18	18	17	18	17	14	16	16	14	17	17	14	17	17	14	17
Chill °C (?)	19	20	17	19	19	17	18	17	16	17	18	14	18	18	14	18	18	17	20	18	15	19
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:00
Sunset	-	8:22	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.4 S	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 NNW	1.4 W	-	2.1 WSW	0.1 NW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	8	11	16	16	10	14	16	9	9	-	13	9	14	14	7	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.3 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.7 W	-	0.7 WSW	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	18	17	16	22	11	18	11	11	14	18	9	12	13	-	16	-	9	8	14	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	1.2 W	1.6 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	-	1.6 W	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	-	6	7	8	9	8	9	-	13	-	15	7	7	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 17							Wednesday 18								Thursday 19
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	1	1	1	1	0	1	3	3	2	3	3	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.3 WSW	0.5 S	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	18	5	17	16	16	16	7
Energy(?)	201	174	165	106	412	74	607	553	354	553	639	337	379	420	519	125	134	601	476	518	552	436
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				11:09AM 2.48				11:06PM 3.01				11:20AM 3.56				12:00AM 2.54				11:55AM 3.63
Low Tide / height (m)		5:13AM 0.77				5:25PM 0.15				5:12AM 0.16				5:33PM 0.35				5:48AM 0.29				6:30PM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	15	14	18	19	20	18	16	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	17	14	13	17	18	19	18	19
Chill °C (?)	14	13	18	19	20	18	16	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	17	13	12	16	17	18	17	18
Sunrise	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.9 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.3 WSW	0.5 S	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	9	6	9	9	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	17	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.7 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 SW	0.1 NW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.2 S
Period (s)	11	9	11	11	17	11	16	16	16	15	21	21	20	20	18	18	18	8	11	11	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.4 NNW	0.9 W	0.8 W	-	0.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.8 W	1.1 W	1.0 WSW	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.6 W	2.1 W
Period (s)	6	4	6	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	5	5	11	6	6	7	7

	Tuesday 17
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	1	1	1	1	0	1	3	3	2	3	3	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.5 WSW	0.7 S	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 W
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	5	5	11	11	11	11	5
Energy(?)	255	223	201	139	573	174	921	993	562	915	824	475	466	465	458	138	115	405	354	354	379	68
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										10:50AM 3.10
Low Tide / height (m)																	5:32PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	15	15	17	14	16	17	18	18	18	19	20	20	19	20	18	19	18	17	17	15
Chill °C (?)	13	14	14	14	17	13	16	17	18	18	18	19	20	20	19	20	18	19	18	17	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.5 WSW	0.9 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 W
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	11	6	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	11	11	11	11	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	18	9	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	11	11	16	16	16	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	1.0 W	0.9 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	-