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	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WSW	1.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.8 NW	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	6	16	16	15	13	11	13	11	11	11	11	12	12	7	8	12	12	12	11	10	10
Energy(?)	138	261	282	285	218	58	362	604	337	461	434	244	243	277	433	1303	4525	3225	1272	878	779	317
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			7:43PM 2.96	8:29AM 3.16		8:52PM 3.11	9:25AM 3.38		9:44PM 2.89	10:14AM 3.17		10:36PM 3.05	11:02AM 3.31		11:23PM 3.48	11:43AM 3.70		12:02AM 3.16	12:58PM 2.90		12:43AM 3.42
Low Tide / height (m)		1:18PM 0.68	2:07AM 0.90		2:44PM 0.84	3:10AM 0.71		4:14PM 0.86	3:54AM 0.22		4:29PM 0.46		4:48AM 0.09	5:16PM 0.08		5:32AM 0.30	5:59PM 0.03		6:49AM 0.64	6:37PM 0.03		6:53AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	16	19	20	16	18	21	15	18	18	18	21	21	18	18	18	16	18	19	17	19
Low °C	18	18	15	18	20	14	18	18	14	17	17	16	19	20	15	16	18	15	18	19	15	17
Chill °C (?)	19	20	15	19	20	16	18	21	14	18	17	18	21	21	17	17	17	15	18	19	17	19
Sunrise	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37
Sunset	-	8:40	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.2 WSW	0.5 W	1.2 SW	0.5 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 N	4.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	10	18	16	6	15	4	11	13	11	11	6	11	12	12	12	15	12	12	12	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.0 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 S	0.6 SW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	13	8	12	6	11	13	13	12	12	12	11	6	11	16	11	-	10	10	10	9	14	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 W	0.9 WSW	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.9 SW	-	1.1 WSW	-	0.6 N	1.3 NNW	1.8 NW	3.0 W	-	2.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.6 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	-	6	-	-	-	7	-	6	-	3	5	7	8	-	8	6	5	-	-

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	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	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa 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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	0.6 WSW	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	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	18	18	18	17	7	16	16	7	15	15	15	11	11	13	13	6	11	12	12
Energy(?)	597	233	138	305	277	244	233	312	377	525	214	348	348	304	207	242	585	713	89	372	452	356
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	on
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	high	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)		6:59AM 2.56	7:18AM 2.97				7:43PM 2.96				8:29AM 3.16				8:52PM 3.11				10:00AM 2.72
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	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	18	19	19	18	16	15	15	15	18	20	19	20	18	17	16	16	18	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	16	15	18	19	19	17	15	14	14	15	18	20	19	20	18	17	16	16	18	18	18	16
Sunrise	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.6 WSW	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	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	10	10	10	10	13	16	16	7	7	6	15	11	11	11	13	13	12	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	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	0.5 SW	0.5 WSW	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	8	8	13	18	18	18	17	7	12	16	16	6	11	15	5	14	5	4	13	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 W	1.1 SW	-	-	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	-	-	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	7	6	6	7	7	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	7

	Thursday 29
	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	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa 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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.2 W	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.7 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	5	13	13	18	18	18	18	18	18	13	13	6	17	17	17
Energy(?)	409	285	149	148	144	143	141	100	138	270	306	360	361	354	277	294	304	306	281	224	233	239
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							7:18AM 2.97
Low Tide / height (m)													1:30PM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	17	15	17	17	17	17	17	16	18	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	17	17	16	16	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	11	11	11	11	10	8	10	13	10	13	13	10	10	10	13	13	18	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	13	13	13	19	13	10	18	18	18	18	18	18	9	9	8	17	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 W	-	-	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 W	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	7	5	5	5	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6