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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	Tue		Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tue
	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	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	2	2	2	4	0	3	0	0	3	3	0	4	4	0	3	0	0	4	4	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	3.5 S	1.8 WSW	2.2 S	4.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 W	2.1 W	1.7 W	1.3 WNW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	9	10	8	10	8	8	7	11	11	11	11	13	12	12	11	11	10	12
Energy(?)	586	474	299	181	1764	757	924	2861	777	715	522	671	989	1232	679	796	534	343	1132	1271	483	1081
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	glass	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:16PM 2.99	8:50AM 3.06		9:09PM 3.11	9:39AM 3.20		10:13PM 3.17	10:30AM 3.45		10:51PM 3.32	11:23AM 3.76		11:43PM 3.21	12:09PM 3.35		12:37AM 3.40		1:02PM 3.57	2:04AM 2.65		1:53PM 3.47
Low Tide / height (m)		2:34AM 0.18		3:01PM 0.27	3:26AM 0.06		3:53PM 0.26		4:16AM 0.16	4:48PM 0.28		5:11AM 0.29	5:38PM 0.30		5:55AM 0.01	6:28PM 0.10		6:49AM 0.41		7:57PM 0.79	7:39AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	7	5	2	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	16	19	17	15	15	16	16	18	17	16	20	19	17	20	21	18	21	20	18	21	20
Low °C	18	15	18	16	13	13	16	15	17	17	16	19	18	16	19	20	16	20	19	18	20	19
Chill °C (?)	19	16	19	16	15	15	15	14	17	16	15	20	19	17	20	21	18	21	20	18	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	8:34	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:40
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 NW	1.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 NW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 W	2.1 W	1.7 W	1.3 WNW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	9	10	10	8	7	10	10	10	13	13	7	11	11	11	11	13	12	12	11	11	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	1.1 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	1.3 WSW	0.7 W	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	7	8	8	10	12	16	16	18	18	20	12	16	15	14	13	13	14	15	12	13	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	3.5 S	-	2.2 S	4.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.7 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	9	-	8	10	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-

	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Friday 05
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki
Rating	0	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	4	2	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	3	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 W	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	1.4 SSE	0.5 SW	3.0 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 S	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	6	10	8	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	434	631	574	591	509	308	299	292	267	108	1018	439	699	1260	1291	1624	1342	1535	1876	694	1904	1044
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	off	off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	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	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:16PM 2.99				8:48AM 3.12				9:03PM 3.18				9:41AM 3.22					10:39PM 2.78
Low Tide / height (m)	2:04PM 0.41				2:34AM 0.18				3:00PM 0.39				3:29AM 0.31				3:58PM 0.34					4:21AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	7	4	3	2	2	-	1	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	17	16	16	17	19	19	16	16	15	13	14	13	13	15	17	16	16	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	19	18	17	16	15	16	19	19	15	15	14	11	12	11	12	15	16	14	14	14	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 W	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.9 NW	0.9 W	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	12	7	10	9	10	10	16	15	15	10	15	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	1.0 NW	0.5 WSW	1.1 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.5 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.9 NW	0.5 WSW	1.4 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 S	0.1 NW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	13	8	9	8	8	8	8	10	7	12	8	16	8	8	9	9	10	8	18	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	-	3.0 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 S	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	2	5	6	6	-	8	9	10	9	-	-	10	10	10	-	10	9

	Tuesday 02										Wednesday 03
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki
Rating	0	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	4	2	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	3	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 W	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10
Energy(?)	561	720	586	586	721	483	527	586	528	454	504	433	401	540	477	459	311	308	306	105	277	261
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on	glass	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								8:28PM 2.94
Low Tide / height (m)														2:36AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1
High °C	19	19	19	19	19	18	16	15	16	17	16	15	15	15	16	17	17	17	18	15	19	19
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	19	19	18	16	15	16	17	16	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	18	14	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 W	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	0.5 NW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 S	0.7 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	5	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3