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 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	4	0	4	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	0	4	2	1	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	2.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 W	0.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	13	12	11	11	7	12	12	11	10	9	8	11	11	13	13	13	6	14	15	14
Energy(?)	1913	1127	1881	714	364	290	112	257	704	871	565	355	296	849	683	1062	243	1202	205	146	1357	163
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:00AM 2.88		8:13PM 2.66	8:35AM 2.64		8:50PM 2.73	9:29AM 3.07		9:25PM 2.72	10:04AM 3.18		10:18PM 3.12	10:38AM 3.26		10:36PM 2.78	11:11AM 3.31		11:22PM 2.99	11:50AM 2.91		12:09AM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)	1:42AM 0.77		2:04PM 0.67	2:27AM 0.51		2:44PM 0.59	3:03AM 0.44		3:29PM 0.54	3:36AM 0.38		4:14PM 0.67		4:29AM 0.55	4:49PM 0.66		5:03AM 0.56	5:10PM 0.44		5:39AM 0.37	5:52PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	3
High °C	13	16	17	13	17	21	17	20	20	18	17	19	17	18	19	17	23	22	18	19	18	17
Low °C	10	14	16	12	15	19	15	18	19	18	17	18	16	16	19	17	20	21	17	18	17	13
Chill °C (?)	12	15	17	12	17	21	17	20	20	18	17	19	17	18	19	17	23	22	18	19	18	16
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:17	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	2.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.7 W
Period (s)	12	14	13	12	11	11	7	12	12	11	10	9	8	11	11	13	13	13	5	14	15	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 W	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SW	0.4 NW	1.2 N	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 NW	0.5 WSW	0.4 NW	0.5 W	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.1 NW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	22	8	9	8	10	8	7	13	11	11	11	8	16	7	5	7	14	15	6	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 N	0.4 NNW	0.9 N	1.7 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	-	1.3 W	1.2 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	5	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	6	6	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 16								Monday 17								Tuesday 18
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	0	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 NW	0.7 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	13	12	11
Energy(?)	2313	1641	1462	1451	1720	875	852	1265	1186	1001	642	517	364	285	217	269	136	210	116	191	388	308
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:23PM 2.71				7:53AM 2.53				8:15PM 2.69				8:48AM 2.94				9:02PM 3.00				9:24AM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)			1:43AM 0.59				2:00PM 0.67				2:35AM 0.75				2:58PM 0.80				3:11AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	12	11	10	15	16	15	15	12	12	13	13	15	17	18	19	17	15	16	15	19	24
Chill °C (?)	12	10	9	9	15	15	14	15	11	12	12	12	14	17	18	19	17	14	15	14	18	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 NW	0.7 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 W
Period (s)	-	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	13	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.8 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	15	14	-	-	18	18	9	9	9	9	8	6	8	8	8	10	10	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 N	0.7 N	-	0.5 N	0.7 N	1.0 N	1.2 N	1.7 N	1.7 N	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	4	5	5	6	7	7	-

	Saturday 15	Sunday 16
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	0	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	2680	1979	1946	1775	2089	1002	1002	1487	2020	1671	1451	1451	1578	1678	1697	1945	1581	2026	1760	1760	1622	500
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	7:23PM 2.71												8:00AM 2.82
Low Tide / height (m)							1:39AM 0.59													2:21PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	12	12	10	11	11	11	12	13	16	14	17	14	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	11	11	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	16	14	17	13	13	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 W
Period (s)	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	1.1 WSW	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	16	15	15	15	15	-	14	18	-	-	18	18	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-