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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	Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Mon
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	0	4	4	4	2	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.5 NW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.7 W	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	9	9	9	9	8	16	10	7	8	7	7	8	10	10	10	10	9	18	16	15
Energy(?)	399	271	1020	2279	1668	1606	300	222	85	340	216	273	242	594	596	641	709	308	341	594	609	344
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		5:34PM 2.70		6:12AM 2.94	6:34PM 3.05		7:28AM 3.05		7:52PM 2.80	8:31AM 2.91		8:54PM 2.91	9:34AM 3.42		10:31PM 2.69	10:20AM 3.40		10:56PM 3.08	11:22AM 3.25		11:33PM 3.29	12:09PM 3.29
Low Tide / height (m)	11:26AM 0.71		11:52PM 0.81	12:28PM 0.93		1:02AM 0.78		1:43PM 0.84	2:12AM 0.37		2:45PM 0.44	3:10AM 0.25		3:45PM 0.28		4:06AM 0.36	4:34PM 0.34		5:09AM 0.08	5:24PM 0.29		5:56AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	4	12	1	6	2	-	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	17	18	17	20	18	21	22	18	18	21	17	18	18	15	19	20	15	19	21	17	19
Low °C	19	16	16	16	19	16	18	20	16	18	19	16	17	17	14	17	19	13	17	19	14	19
Chill °C (?)	21	15	17	16	20	17	21	22	18	17	21	16	18	18	15	19	20	14	19	21	17	19
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	2.3 S	2.0 S	0.5 N	3.0 NNW	0.8 SSE	0.5 NW	1.3 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	11	11	10	9	9	6	10	7	10	7	13	12	7	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 NE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	1.5 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NNW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 S	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	7	8	6	12	12	10	8	16	8	8	8	16	15	14	13	12	22	20	6	18	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	-	3.0 NNW	0.5 N	-	1.3 W	1.7 W	-	-	-	1.3 S	1.7 S	0.5 S	0.2 E	-	-	0.6 N
Period (s)	3	3	9	9	9	9	-	10	3	-	8	7	-	-	-	7	7	3	4	-	-	4

	Monday 29					Tuesday 30								Wednesday 31								Thu
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki
Rating	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	4	3	1	4	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SSW	3.0 SSE	2.1 S	2.5 SSE	2.1 S	0.5 SSW	3.0 SSE	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	8	8	8	7	16	16	15	15
Energy(?)	547	662	271	194	140	128	128	87	2279	809	1688	782	96	2477	282	617	300	236	222	185	141	181
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:28PM 3.04				6:12AM 2.94				6:43PM 2.72					7:23AM 2.88				7:42PM 2.94
Low Tide / height (m)		11:26AM 0.71				11:52PM 0.81				12:34PM 0.68					1:37AM 0.96				1:56PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	-	2	2	11	1	1	2	1	1	-	2	3	1	-	1	2	-
Temp. °C	19	21	16	17	17	18	16	16	16	17	20	20	19	17	14	18	18	21	22	20	18	17
Chill °C (?)	19	21	14	15	15	17	14	14	15	16	20	20	18	16	13	17	17	21	22	20	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SSW	2.3 S	0.5 SW	2.0 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SSW	2.3 S	1.5 SSW	2.3 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	9	12	9	12	10	9	8	11	10	10	7	6	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.2 NNE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 NNE	0.5 SW	0.4 NE	0.5 SW	0.3 NNW	0.4 SW	1.0 N	0.1 SW	2.0 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	16	5	8	8	9	10	10	6	12	5	12	9	12	6	18	8	8	7	16	16	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.8 S	0.6 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 ESE	3.0 SSE	2.1 S	2.5 SSE	2.1 S	0.6 NNE	3.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.3 NNW
Period (s)	6	7	3	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	9	9	5	9	-	-	-	-	10	10	9	8

	Monday 29																Tuesday 30
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki
Rating	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	4	3	1	4	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	0.8 WSW	2.5 SSE	0.6 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	7	8	8	11	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	481	576	399	339	344	291	299	255	1327	1398	825	825	193	928	32	1443	1526	1542	1531	1652	1636	1674
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											5:34PM 2.70
Low Tide / height (m)					11:21AM 0.95												11:47PM 0.72	12:16AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2
High °C	17	18	19	21	22	21	19	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	16	18	19	21	22	21	18	16	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	12	12	11
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.0 S	2.0 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 S	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	11	11	11	10	6	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 NE	0.2 WSW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	16	7	7	7	7	8	8	11	11	15	15	9	6	9	-	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.1 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 SE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	0.8 ESE	2.5 SSE	0.8 SE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	7	7	8	8	4	8	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	8