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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	Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tue
	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki
Rating	2	0	2	2	2	3	3	1	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 W	0.7 W
Period(s)	13	12	12	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	16	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	15	13
Energy	451	299	311	305	297	632	538	273	505	629	1020	1168	613	594	241	398	100	61	14	14	59	288
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			6:28PM 2.58	6:45AM 2.66		7:09PM 2.59	7:23AM 2.61		7:52PM 2.68	8:13AM 2.73		8:40PM 2.83	8:53AM 2.77		9:24PM 3.26	9:33AM 2.80		9:53PM 3.14	10:16AM 3.17		10:27PM 3.16	10:46AM 2.99
Low Tide / height (m)		12:15PM 0.88	12:34AM 0.71		1:01PM 0.56	1:15AM 0.64		1:40PM 0.49	2:01AM 0.59		2:18PM 0.45	2:50AM 0.57		2:57PM 0.43		3:31AM 0.53	3:45PM 0.51		4:10AM 0.71	4:26PM 0.62		4:40AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	2
High °C	15	15	13	13	14	12	15	15	12	13	15	12	14	17	14	15	17	16	16	17	18	18
Low °C	11	13	12	12	12	11	12	13	11	12	12	12	12	13	12	14	17	16	16	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	14	14	12	12	14	12	15	15	12	13	15	12	13	17	13	13	16	15	14	16	17	18
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35
Sunset	-	5:12	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.5 N	1.9 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 W	1.2 N
Period (s)	13	12	6	11	14	14	14	-	13	13	16	14	13	13	13	12	7	8	12	12	15	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.1 S	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	8	19	12	15	11	11	-	-	6	5	6	10	12	-	-	10	12	12	-	-	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.8 N	1.5 N	-	0.6 E	3.0 N	3.0 N	2.3 N	-
Period (s)	-	7	6	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	6	-	4	9	9	9	-

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	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach 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	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy	451	297	299	310	240	311	289	330	305	362	297	521	717	632	545	545	538	332	273	661	504	505
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	mid-ebb	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)					6:28PM 2.58				6:45AM 2.66				7:17PM 2.66				7:23AM 2.61				7:52PM 2.68
Low Tide / height (m)			12:15PM 0.88				12:34AM 0.71				1:01PM 0.56				1:15AM 0.64				1:40PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	15	15	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	14	12	12	11	11	11	12	14	15	13	12	11
Chill °C (?)	11	14	14	12	12	11	11	11	11	14	14	12	12	11	11	11	12	14	15	13	12	11
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	6	6	6	6	12	11	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	-	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	8	8	19	12	12	12	12	6	15	16	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	7	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	14	-	-	-

	Tuesday 26																	Wednesday 27
	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach 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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.5 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	520	451	451	338	293	297	297	299	299	299	505	310	213	204	240	204	213	311	309	387	289	288
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													6:31PM 2.82
Low Tide / height (m)							12:15PM 0.88												12:34AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	11	14	15	15	16	16	15	16	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	12	14	14	15	15	14	16	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	19	19	19	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-