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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	Sun		Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sun
	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Mikotai Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy 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	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 W	1.7 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	8	14	14	13	9	10	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	9	8
Energy(?)	3715	732	1964	1919	1039	1536	2638	5202	9983	4929	3252	2287	2314	1713	2602	2732	2161	1387	1143	774	1184	1003
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		9:27PM 2.91	9:51AM 3.00		9:55PM 2.91	10:16AM 2.93		10:30PM 3.00	11:02AM 3.33		11:15PM 3.27	11:33AM 3.35		11:47PM 3.24	12:04PM 3.32		12:19AM 3.17	12:37PM 3.25		12:53AM 3.07		1:07PM 2.97
Low Tide / height (m)		3:40AM 0.29		3:50PM 0.35		4:07AM 0.23	4:49PM 0.22		4:55AM 0.39	5:12PM 0.50		5:27AM 0.42	5:44PM 0.56		6:00AM 0.49	6:17PM 0.66		6:33AM 0.61	6:43PM 0.53		7:08AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	-	-	-	-	2	26	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	1
High °C	16	11	15	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	16	17	17	17	16	15	13	14	14	13	13	14
Low °C	13	7	14	15	15	16	16	13	13	14	13	16	17	15	15	13	12	13	13	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	15	8	14	15	14	14	14	12	12	13	15	16	16	15	14	13	10	12	12	10	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	7:42	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	0.5 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 W	1.7 WSW	3.0 W	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	13	13	10	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	-	-	10	10	10	11	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.7 WSW	-	0.9 NNW	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.9 N	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	15	9	16	16	15	18	-	8	-	-	13	12	-	7	-	-	12	12	20	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 W	-	1.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW	-	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.1 NW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	8	-	9	7	9	7	8	15	-	-	-	-	8	-	12	11	11	11	9	9	8

	Sunday 19			Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	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	Arawhata Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth 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	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	4	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.5 W	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	8	9	10	10	11	17	16	15	14
Energy(?)	2165	1683	1585	2023	1974	1837	523	1079	1919	1461	1135	1039	942	1204	1536	2089	2638	3697	6552	6449	5173	5545
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:28PM 3.00									10:10PM 3.24				10:30AM 3.27				10:43PM 3.27
Low Tide / height (m)	3:23PM 0.54				3:33AM 0.30					4:05PM 0.53				4:21AM 0.42				4:39PM 0.49				4:50AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	3	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	12	10	9	9	14	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	11	11	10	10	9	9	12	15	15	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.5 W	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.1 NW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	15	10	11	-	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	1.6 W	0.2 NNW	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.2 S	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.4 WNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	-
Period (s)	16	7	16	10	10	9	6	16	16	9	16	16	15	15	15	-	18	17	-	14	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 W	-	1.9 W	-	-	-	1.6 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 W	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	3.5 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	7	-	-	-	7	8	9	6	6	7	7	8	9	10	7	8	17	-	-	-

	Sunday 19										Monday 20
	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	Arawhata Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth 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	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	4	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 W	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 W	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	3997	6972	2165	3420	3375	3156	769	1129	1431	1499	1632	1658	1553	1495	1446	1627	1631	1604	799	1742	1964	2490
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									9:33PM 3.18												9:56AM 3.17
Low Tide / height (m)			3:23PM 0.54												3:46AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	15	14	13	12	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	14	14	12	9	9	10	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	12	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	2.5 W	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.5 SW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 W	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	10	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 W	0.1 NW	-	-	-	0.1 S	1.2 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	-	11	16	-	-	-	15	15	8	8	9	10	9	9	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.0 W	-	-	-	2.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 NW
Period (s)	15	15	7	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9