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 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			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	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Mikotai Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	4	4	3	2	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	2.1 W	1.9 WSW	2.2 W	3.0 W	4.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.2 N	2.3 WNW	2.1 W	3.5 NW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	8	13	14	9	11	11	11	14	13	12	12	11	10	7	9	12	10	14	13	13	15
Energy(?)	1163	617	1709	2004	1423	4220	3040	2789	5612	3222	2326	1160	865	413	923	1152	1188	3111	2647	2351	1366	421
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:24PM 2.83		5:50AM 2.39		6:44PM 1.94	7:25AM 1.92		7:34PM 3.10	7:58AM 3.01		8:21PM 3.24	8:43AM 3.15		9:01PM 3.34	9:22AM 3.26		9:38PM 3.41	9:56AM 3.34		10:11PM 3.43	10:29AM 3.37
Low Tide / height (m)		11:32PM 0.81	12:00PM 0.75		1:34AM 0.69		1:54PM 0.65	1:49AM 0.82		2:11PM 0.73	2:34AM 0.63		2:53PM 0.56		3:13AM 0.48	3:31PM 0.44		3:49AM 0.38	4:05PM 0.39		4:23AM 0.34	4:38PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	clear	heavy rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	12	7	1	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	16	-	23	-	-
High °C	14	13	14	14	14	15	13	11	10	11	9	9	11	11	13	14	14	13	13	14	13	14
Low °C	13	13	14	14	14	14	12	10	9	10	8	8	10	9	12	14	13	13	13	14	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	11	12	12	12	14	11	8	7	9	7	7	9	8	10	12	12	10	12	13	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-
Sunset	6:12	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:16
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.4 SW	1.9 WSW	2.2 W	-	-	3.0 W	1.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 W	1.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	21	14	13	14	-	-	11	16	14	13	12	12	11	10	8	9	12	13	14	13	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.1 N	-	-	1.5 NNW	-	1.4 NW	0.2 S	0.5 S	-	0.1 S	0.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 S	0.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	1.5 NNW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	18	16	12	-	-	8	-	8	8	5	-	10	18	16	15	11	16	14	-	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 W	2.1 W	-	-	3.0 W	4.5 WNW	-	3.0 W	1.6 SSE	-	-	-	0.7 NW	1.5 NNW	2.2 N	2.3 N	0.9 N	3.5 NW	3.5 NNW	2.5 NW	0.8 WSW	1.3 W
Period (s)	13	8	-	-	9	11	-	11	6	-	-	-	4	5	7	8	4	10	9	9	5	6

	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	1.4 W	0.8 WSW	1.5 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	2.2 W	1.4 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 WNW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	8	14	14	7	7	7	13	14	14	8	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	15
Energy(?)	1801	612	646	1046	521	461	428	1666	2004	1176	850	1423	1991	2766	4220	4020	3040	2413	2544	2789	2890	4123
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	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)		5:08PM 2.50					6:01AM 1.79				6:38PM 2.94				7:03AM 2.86				7:34PM 3.10
Low Tide / height (m)				11:32PM 0.81	12:13AM 0.85				12:14PM 1.11				12:54AM 1.01				1:20PM 0.94				1:49AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	7	6	1	-	1	1	1	1	1
Temp. °C	15	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	13	12	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	13	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	14	11	9	8	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 W	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	1.9 WSW	2.2 W	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 W	3.0 W	1.6 NNW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	21	13	14	18	14	13	13	13	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	8	17	16	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.4 W	0.5 W	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 NNW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	1.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	13	20	20	-	18	16	16	16	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	18	12	-	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	-	-	1.8 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	-	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	8	8	14	7	7	7	-	-	7	8	9	10	10	11	-	-	11	11	11	11	15

	Tuesday 16											Wednesday 17
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	13	13	13	8	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1095	1163	1163	1163	624	624	625	1701	1697	1765	1774	1860	1860	1860	2051	1928	1997	1913	1842	1715	1709	1709
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																		5:55AM 2.75
Low Tide / height (m)												11:40PM 1.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	21	21	21	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	21	-	-	-	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	2.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	13	13	13	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-