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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	Wed		Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 S	2.1 S	1.6 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	7	18	16	15	14	13	18	16	14	13	13	12	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	14
Energy(?)	1916	806	403	178	217	379	254	392	483	711	867	405	57	307	613	942	1002	115	675	597	431	1189
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:36AM 2.83		2:16PM 2.63	2:53AM 2.72		3:31PM 2.47		4:11AM 2.63	4:54PM 2.44		5:34AM 2.94		6:07PM 2.51	6:35AM 3.00		7:05PM 2.64	7:24AM 2.80		7:54PM 3.04	8:11AM 3.16
Low Tide / height (m)		7:25PM 0.39	8:13AM 0.56		8:37PM 0.62	9:24AM 0.69		9:50PM 0.74	10:40AM 0.73		11:05PM 0.76	11:52AM 0.95		12:13AM 0.69		12:53PM 0.80	1:09AM 0.59		1:38PM 0.44	2:04AM 0.66		2:20PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	13	14	11	14	15	12	14	15	15	16	17	15	16	16	16	16	16	13	15	15
Low °C	11	9	11	12	10	12	13	11	13	12	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	9	8	12	12	9	14	15	11	13	15	15	16	16	14	15	15	15	15	15	12	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.6 W	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	14	13	12	13	16	15	14	13	13	16	14	13	13	12	7	14	13	7	12	7	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	-	0.9 WSW	0.2 S	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.1 N	0.4 SW	0.1 W	1.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	22	21	19	18	13	12	12	20	18	13	-	7	9	7	15	7	13	13	18	12	15	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 S	2.1 S	1.6 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	-	0.4 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	9	8	7	5	2	4	-	-	-	-	7	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	3	4

	Wednesday 22			Thursday 23								Friday 24								Saturday 25
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	1	1	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.3 S	2.1 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	9	8	8	7	7	7	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	18
Energy(?)	138	157	1042	806	512	378	403	310	398	514	315	217	684	658	261	257	431	388	309	259	226	511
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:04PM 2.76				1:45AM 2.90				2:16PM 2.63				2:53AM 2.72					3:31PM 2.47				4:11AM 2.63
Low Tide / height (m)			7:33PM 0.43				8:13AM 0.56				8:37PM 0.62					9:26AM 0.99				9:52PM 1.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	11	11	10	9	10	11	13	14	12	11	11	11	10	12	14	14	12	12	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	9	8	8	7	8	9	12	13	10	10	9	10	10	12	14	13	11	11	12	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	1.5 S	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	13	8	13	12	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.2 W	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	10	11	8	21	13	8	19	18	18	18	17	13	5	5	12	12	8	6	8	21	20	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.6 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	0.4 SE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.3 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	9	8	3	7	7	7	6	6	6	2	7	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-

	Wednesday 22											Thursday 23
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	1	1	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	0.5 WSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	15	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	13	8	8	13	13	7	7	7	13	20	13
Energy(?)	159	138	1585	1768	1396	1634	1536	1414	1279	1051	949	158	685	615	158	125	423	378	376	104	141	404
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:04PM 2.76												1:45AM 2.90
Low Tide / height (m)								7:33PM 0.43													8:16AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	12
Chill °C (?)	14	13	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	6	8	8	8	8	8	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.5 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	11	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.5 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	10	8	22	8	22	22	21	21	8	21	13	13	13	8	8	8	8	8	20	20	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	1.3 S
Period (s)	6	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	3	3	3	3	3	7	7	7	3	3	7