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 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	2	3	4	0	0	2	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 W	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.1 W	0.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	13	11	10	6	10	10	10	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	6	12
Energy(?)	580	395	327	414	1143	974	177	3211	1763	784	1413	1495	1291	699	558	338	153	116	100	91	83	115
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:01AM 2.73		8:32PM 2.66	8:46AM 2.81		9:18PM 3.15	9:29AM 2.94		10:01PM 3.28	10:14AM 3.10		10:33PM 3.19	11:28AM 2.76		11:12PM 3.41	11:27AM 3.42		11:45PM 3.41	11:59AM 3.35		12:17AM 3.08
Low Tide / height (m)	1:46AM 0.95		2:17PM 0.57	2:37AM 0.52		3:09PM 0.61	3:29AM 0.55		3:42PM 0.23		4:04AM 0.24	4:29PM 0.14		5:22AM 0.67	5:00PM 0.20		5:22AM 0.36	5:40PM 0.30		5:56AM 0.43	6:48PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	19	18	17	19	19	17	15	16	12	16	18	15	17	17	15	16	17	15	17	19	15
Low °C	14	17	18	16	17	18	15	15	14	12	14	15	14	15	16	13	14	15	13	15	17	14
Chill °C (?)	16	19	18	16	19	19	16	13	15	10	16	18	15	17	17	15	16	17	15	17	19	15
Sunrise	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	14	13	11	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 S	-	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	8	7	6	6	12	12	16	15	15	14	9	-	5	5	4	12	-	-	-	5	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	-	1.6 S	0.2 ESE	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	1.1 W	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	2	5	-	-	-	4	-	2	-	-	-	6	5

	Sat	Sunday 29								Monday 30								Tuesday 31
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Desperation Point Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 NW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.2 W	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	9	11	11	11	10	10	12	16	9	10	9	10
Energy(?)	503	561	533	516	690	383	327	403	391	564	670	1045	1143	359	1001	990	1242	3367	1681	2257	590	3315
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	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	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:28PM 2.86				7:52AM 2.65				8:23PM 2.58				8:49AM 3.05				9:18PM 3.15
Low Tide / height (m)			1:38AM 0.69				2:20PM 0.81				2:34AM 0.50				3:04PM 0.52				3:29AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	17	16	17	19	18	17	16	16	16	16	17	19	19	18	16	16	15	14	16	17
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	16	17	19	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	19	19	17	14	14	13	12	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 NW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.2 W	0.8 WSW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.1 N	1.8 WSW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	8	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	9	11	11	11	12	10	10	10	9	15	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.1 N	-	0.2 SSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	6	10	12	13	12	18	17	17	16	7	15	-	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	-	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	10	-	12	16	9	10	-	-

	Saturday 28				Sunday 29
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Desperation Point Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 SW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	531	661	648	648	580	434	462	561	555	434	416	516	433	130	447	395	383	383	376	328	43	547
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	7:28PM 2.86												7:58AM 2.91	8:38AM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)							1:46AM 0.95													2:20PM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	14	14	16	16	16	17	16	18	17	18	19	19	19	20	19
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	14	14	16	16	16	17	16	18	17	18	19	19	19	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	13	13	14	14	14	14	7	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 W	0.6 NW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	14	7	7	7	7	7	6	4	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	3