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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	Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thu
	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	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	4	4	0	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WSW	1.7 W	0.5 W	1.3 SW	0.5 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	6	16	6	15	11	11	13	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	11	11	11	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	138	261	281	354	219	236	355	56	352	458	345	247	243	296	2002	1599	1790	1397	414	680	677	413
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- on	glass	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)			7:43PM 2.96	8:29AM 3.16		9:27PM 2.54	9:20AM 2.96		9:49PM 3.28	10:14AM 3.17		10:36PM 3.05	11:01AM 3.67		11:21PM 3.14	11:43AM 3.36		12:00AM 3.14	12:23PM 3.64		12:43AM 3.42
Low Tide / height (m)		1:34PM 1.03	2:07AM 0.90		2:44PM 0.84	3:45AM 0.92		3:37PM 0.38			4:31PM 0.20		4:49AM 0.37	5:14PM 0.36		5:30AM 0.02	5:57PM 0.01		6:14AM 0.31	6:39PM 0.35		7:01AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	16	19	21	18	18	20	15	18	18	17	21	21	17	18	18	15	18	18	15	18
Low °C	18	18	15	18	21	17	18	18	14	17	17	16	18	19	14	16	17	14	17	17	13	17
Chill °C (?)	19	20	15	19	21	18	18	20	14	18	18	17	21	21	15	17	17	15	18	18	15	18
Sunrise	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	8:40	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.2 WSW	0.5 W	1.3 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 N	2.5 WSW	0.2 NNW	2.3 WSW	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	10	18	16	6	6	11	11	13	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	11	10	11	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 S	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.4 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	13	8	12	16	15	14	13	9	12	12	12	5	11	11	15	11	13	10	9	9	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 W	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.6 W	0.9 WSW	-	1.1 WSW	-	0.6 N	1.2 NNW	3.5 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	6	-	3	5	10	-	11	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 29					Friday 30								Saturday 31								Sun
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.7 W	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	13	18	18	18	17	7	16	16	7	15	15	15	11	11	13	13	11	11	12	12	11	7
Energy(?)	138	305	286	222	231	320	394	531	214	271	290	303	207	236	637	582	359	362	451	427	426	407
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	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	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:18AM 2.97				7:43PM 2.96				8:29AM 3.16				8:52PM 3.11				9:20AM 2.96				9:49PM 3.28	10:08PM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)			1:34PM 1.03				1:56AM 0.54				2:40PM 0.56				3:02AM 0.40				3:39PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	19	18	16	15	15	15	18	20	20	20	18	17	17	17	18	19	18	17	15	12
Chill °C (?)	18	19	19	17	15	14	15	15	18	20	20	20	18	17	17	17	18	19	18	16	14	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.5 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 S	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	13	16	16	7	7	6	15	11	11	11	13	13	11	11	12	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.1 N	0.2 S	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.2 S
Period (s)	13	18	18	18	17	7	12	16	16	6	11	15	15	14	13	4	13	13	12	12	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 W	1.2 WSW	-	-	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 W
Period (s)	-	7	7	4	5	7	7	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	7

	Thursday 29																Friday 30
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	1.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.4 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	18	6	18	18	18	18	13	13	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	7
Energy(?)	141	140	138	138	306	206	283	493	286	317	304	313	225	222	387	426	276	281	317	374	394	214
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	7:18AM 2.97												7:43PM 2.96
Low Tide / height (m)							1:25PM 0.70													2:07AM 0.90
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	18	19	19	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	13
Chill °C (?)	17	18	18	19	19	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	12
Sunrise	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.4 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	13	13	10	13	12	12	16	16	16	16	16	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.2 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	18	18	18	18	18	18	9	9	18	17	16	16	12	12	12	12	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	1.6 W	0.5 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	-