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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	Mon		Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Mon
	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	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki
Rating	3	0	0	3	2	2	0	4	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	4	3	0	3	4	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	1.4 W	1.1 NW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 NNW	1.1 NNW	2.0 WSW	1.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 W	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	8	11	10	10	6	7	10	11	10	9	7	7	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1520	568	287	677	459	254	282	282	1174	1095	1846	786	447	502	671	997	848	644	821	870	414	890
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	glass	glass	on	glass	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:43PM 2.54	7:48AM 2.78		8:35PM 2.36	8:41AM 2.97		9:03PM 3.08	9:35AM 3.20		10:01PM 3.20	10:30AM 3.34		10:56PM 3.51	11:30AM 3.30		11:42PM 3.30	12:12PM 3.67		12:37AM 3.40	12:57PM 3.38	1:02PM 3.57
Low Tide / height (m)		2:11AM 0.83		2:35PM 0.41	3:03AM 0.23		2:55PM 0.24	3:19AM 0.04		3:56PM 0.13		4:16AM -0.02	4:47PM 0.05		5:17AM -0.01	5:33PM 0.22		6:00AM 0.29	6:29PM 0.45		6:44AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	9	7	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	15	20	19	16	18	18	16	16	17	16	18	19	16	20	19	17	20	21	18	21	20
Low °C	17	14	18	18	15	18	18	12	12	16	15	17	18	16	19	18	16	19	20	17	21	19
Chill °C (?)	17	15	20	19	16	17	18	15	15	17	14	17	18	15	20	19	16	20	21	18	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	8:31	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:40
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.4 W	1.1 NW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	1.1 NNW	2.0 WSW	1.5 W	0.4 NW	0.5 WSW	0.2 S	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	-	11	8	11	10	10	10	7	10	11	9	13	7	7	11	11	11	10	13	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 NW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.9 NW	1.2 NW	0.7 S	0.4 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.2 N
Period (s)	-	8	10	9	8	8	8	7	10	9	15	18	13	12	16	15	14	13	13	14	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.4 NNW	0.6 SSW	-	1.8 S	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	5	6	8	-	9	10	9	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4

	Monday 01			Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	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	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	0	4	3	1	3	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	1.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 WNW	1.1 W	1.8 WSW	1.1 NW	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 SE	1.1 SSE	1.4 NNW	1.4 NW	1.1 NNW	3.0 S	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	10	10	10	8	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	6	6	6	7	7	9	11
Energy(?)	1131	654	1862	1073	240	754	287	265	228	652	585	576	508	314	305	426	233	216	267	282	1552	1097
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:10PM 2.76				7:51AM 2.84				8:16PM 2.99				9:02AM 2.99				9:08PM 3.42
Low Tide / height (m)					2:11AM 0.36				2:00PM 0.41				2:36AM 0.17				3:00PM 0.39				3:24AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	mod. rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	7	3	6	3	1	1	1	2
Temp. °C	18	18	14	15	15	14	18	20	20	17	16	16	17	17	17	18	17	18	16	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	18	17	14	14	14	14	18	20	20	17	16	15	17	16	17	18	17	18	16	12	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.8 WSW	1.1 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.4 NNW	1.4 NW	1.1 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.5 W
Period (s)	12	11	12	10	10	10	8	8	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	6	6	6	7	7	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 NW	-	1.1 NW	0.8 WSW	-	0.8 NW	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	0.7 NW	1.0 NW	0.5 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.9 NW	0.6 WNW	1.3 NNW
Period (s)	8	-	8	10	-	8	10	9	7	8	13	8	9	9	8	10	10	8	8	7	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 W	-	1.7 WNW	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.9 SSE	1.7 SE	1.0 N	-	-	0.6 SSW	3.0 S	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	7	-	10	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	6	6	-	-	8	9	5

	Monday 01										Tuesday 02
	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	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	0	4	3	1	3	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
Energy(?)	1161	1520	2153	1520	654	2100	969	904	792	1405	1361	1269	1148	764	650	522	758	617	579	749	829	561
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)							7:13PM 2.81												7:54AM 3.15
Low Tide / height (m)													1:43AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	15	17	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18
Chill °C (?)	18	18	19	17	17	17	17	16	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	-	2.5 WSW	-	1.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	-	12	-	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	-	1.3 NW	-	-	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.1 NW	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	8	-	8	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	8	-	-	9	-	-	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 W	-	2.5 W	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	-	1.4 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.5 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	11	-	11	7	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-