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 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			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	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Graveyards Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki
Rating	0	2	2	0	3	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	0	0	3	4	2	3	0	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.8 SSW	2.2 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	0.9 WSW	2.3 W	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	15	15	14	14	12	11	10	12	12	6	6	12	6	11	14	7	12	12
Energy(?)	136	312	187	107	448	789	711	1016	1017	395	368	188	176	374	595	814	323	436	2277	510	1610	1469
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:24PM 2.78	1:50AM 2.81		2:13PM 2.32	2:50AM 2.35		3:37PM 2.51		3:57AM 2.24	4:39PM 2.17		5:25AM 2.37
Low Tide / height (m)			7:41PM 1.03	8:12AM 0.97		8:33PM 0.97	9:20AM 1.30		9:42PM 1.03	10:25AM 1.03		10:57PM 1.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	22	4	18	15	1	3	1	5	3
High °C	19	18	15	19	19	17	18	19	17	21	21	20	19	19	18	17	16	14	15	16	13	14
Low °C	18	16	14	15	17	14	15	18	17	18	20	19	19	18	17	16	14	13	15	14	12	14
Chill °C (?)	18	18	15	19	19	17	18	19	17	21	21	20	18	18	17	16	16	13	13	14	11	13
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50
Sunset	-	6:07	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	1.0 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	0.9 W	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.3 W	0.7 WSW	0.4 NW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	14	6	13	9	8	15	14	14	12	11	10	9	12	12	7	12	11	11	14	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 WSW	0.6 W	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 NW	1.1 S	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.5 NW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 NW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	14	5	13	12	7	6	13	7	14	13	12	14	14	-	14	19	16	13	7	20	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 N	-	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	0.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.4 S	0.3 SSE	0.8 S	1.8 SSW	2.2 W	1.6 W	1.3 W	1.0 W	-	1.9 W	2.4 WSW	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	7	6	5	3	4	6	6	6	6	6	-	7	12	-

	Wednesday 08					Thursday 09								Friday 10								Sat
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.1 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	8	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12
Energy(?)	136	178	236	304	300	275	211	217	269	318	167	523	517	708	629	1021	1127	1182	1016	1318	1011	1017
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:24PM 2.78				1:50AM 2.81				2:07PM 2.30				2:50AM 2.35					3:21PM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)	7:24AM 1.06				7:38PM 0.83				8:11AM 0.95				8:33PM 0.97					9:17AM 1.08				9:44PM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	18	16	15	15	15	14	15	21	19	17	17	16	15	14	15	18	19	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	16	15	15	15	14	15	21	19	16	17	16	14	14	15	18	19	18	17	17
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	1.3 N	1.0 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	0.6 W	1.0 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	14	7	6	13	13	13	13	13	9	13	9	8	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 WSW	0.6 W	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	1.1 S
Period (s)	-	14	14	5	5	5	5	9	13	9	16	12	8	8	14	15	14	13	13	13	14	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	-	-	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	7	6	-	-	4	5	6	7

	Wednesday 08	Thursday 09
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	138	136	136	258	253	253	175	238	239	362	133	202	300	300	300	295	393	386	275	499	499	290
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)								1:24PM 2.78												1:51AM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)		7:24AM 1.06												7:38PM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.3 N	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.6 NNW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	7	7	7	6	6	14	5	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 NW	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	14	14	14	14	14	5	14	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 N	1.9 N	1.9 N	2.1 N	2.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-