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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	Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wed
	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	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Oakura Beach 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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki
Rating	2	2	1	2	3	1	1	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.2 S	0.6 S	1.3 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 S	2.2 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	10	10	15	5	6	13	13	12	7	8	7	7	8	7	6	11	11	11	14	13
Energy(?)	396	299	245	191	268	220	53	1035	942	668	695	824	447	507	508	266	247	80	129	86	190	264
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:52PM 2.69	8:25AM 2.68		8:42PM 2.63	9:10AM 2.82		9:43PM 2.53	10:09AM 2.68		10:35PM 2.14	10:48AM 2.83		10:48PM 3.00	11:03AM 3.21		11:39PM 2.88	12:05PM 2.50		12:21AM 2.41	12:38PM 2.56
Low Tide / height (m)		1:49PM 1.21	2:12AM 1.07		2:39PM 1.00	2:58AM 0.86		3:23PM 0.89	3:54AM 0.63		4:19PM 0.63		4:34AM 0.48	4:58PM 0.49		4:56AM 0.53	5:35PM 0.36		5:55AM 0.22	5:57PM 0.59		6:29AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	8	22	3	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	18	19	22	18	20	18	17	21	21	17	18	19	15	19	19	16	20	21	17	18
Low °C	18	20	18	18	19	16	19	18	16	17	19	13	13	18	12	15	19	12	16	20	14	17
Chill °C (?)	19	20	18	19	22	18	20	17	16	21	21	16	18	19	13	19	19	14	20	21	16	18
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 S	0.6 S	1.3 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	10	5	6	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	1.0 S	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.2 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	13	12	11	15	7	7	11	7	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	7	6	15	11	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 N	1.0 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.2 S	0.2 WNW	1.7 W	1.5 SSE	1.5 S	2.0 S	2.2 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 S	-	0.8 SSE	-	0.5 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	3	5	6	7	5	2	8	7	7	7	8	7	7	8	7	6	-	5	-	3	-

	Wednesday 14							Thursday 15								Friday 16
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WSW	1.7 NW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 S	1.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	15	7	14	14	14	14	6	9	6	7
Energy(?)	534	418	380	356	299	269	267	245	241	219	191	72	268	620	610	519	578	585	130	655	264	184
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- 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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:34AM 2.72				7:47PM 2.53				8:35AM 2.39				8:42PM 2.63				9:32AM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)	1:01AM 0.91				1:44PM 1.10				2:15AM 0.89				2:48PM 0.93				3:08AM 0.77				3:48PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	5	11	13	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	2	1	1
Temp. °C	15	16	18	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	22	19	19	18	17	17	20	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	15	16	18	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	22	19	19	18	17	16	20	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 S	0.8 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	14	7	7	14	14	6	14	5	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.3 WSW	0.5 NW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	9	15	10	14	14	6	6	9	12	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.6 NNW	0.3 N	1.9 NNW	1.7 NW	0.3 SSE	-	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 WNW	1.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.3 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	5	6	6	6	3	7	7	4	-	7	7	7	9	6	7

	Wednesday 14
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 NW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	12	9	9
Energy(?)	575	450	462	504	461	479	474	452	396	422	397	107	349	343	299	295	295	269	103	255	63	62
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)							7:29AM 2.56												7:57PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)	1:01AM 0.91												1:49PM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	15	15	16	15	16	16	16	17	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	17	20	17	18
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	14	16	15	16	17	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	17	20	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 W	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 W	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.3 WNW	0.6 NW	0.2 W	0.2 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	6	6	6	6	13	13	13	13	9	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	0.8 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	4	-	5	-	-