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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	Thu		Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thu
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	2	0	0	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.9 WNW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 W	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 W	1.9 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.8 S	2.1 S	2.5 S	2.3 SSE	2.4 SSE	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	18	16	15	8	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	7	8	9	8	9	8	8	15	13	13
Energy(?)	80	1254	1759	725	3664	1141	2163	1483	967	628	700	186	598	1224	657	659	1114	822	1310	225	208	259
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross	glass	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)		2:20AM 2.65		2:54PM 2.30	3:22AM 2.12		3:30PM 2.76		4:01AM 2.56	4:25PM 2.89		5:41AM 2.41	5:25PM 2.62		6:10AM 2.57	6:34PM 2.64		7:39AM 2.12		8:03PM 2.75	8:36AM 3.23
Low Tide / height (m)		8:20PM 0.48	8:26AM 0.52		9:09PM 0.43	9:22AM 0.52		10:00PM 0.82	10:16AM 0.66		11:28PM 0.99	11:56AM 1.08		12:27AM 0.99	12:25PM 0.64		1:34AM 0.53		1:38PM 0.74	2:27AM 0.41		2:45PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	8	5	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	9	6	1	-	3	3	4	8	5	1
High °C	20	18	20	17	16	18	18	14	18	19	17	17	15	17	21	21	17	19	19	18	19	19
Low °C	19	17	20	16	14	16	17	12	16	18	15	17	14	16	19	19	16	18	18	18	18	19
Chill °C (?)	20	17	20	16	16	18	17	14	18	19	16	16	13	17	21	21	16	19	19	17	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:01	-
Sunset	8:50	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WNW	0.7 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 W	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	0.5 SW	1.8 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	1.9 SSE	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	18	10	15	14	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	12	12	17	8	5	6	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.2 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.8 SW	0.1 W	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 W	0.3 NW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.3 NNE	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 N	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 S
Period (s)	8	16	8	18	6	13	22	6	6	6	17	16	7	14	13	5	19	11	6	15	13	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 W	0.8 NW	-	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 ESE	1.9 SSE	3.0 SSE	0.6 SE	2.1 S	2.5 S	2.3 SSE	2.4 SSE	-	-	0.7 NNW
Period (s)	6	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	7	8	4	8	9	8	8	-	-	5

	Thursday 25			Friday 26								Saturday 27								Sunday 28
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	0	0	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WNW	1.8 W	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	17	10	10	11	14	14	15	15	8	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1070	1139	1533	663	433	530	2580	2316	2721	3237	767	2868	3566	2483	2862	2518	776	639	1469	1287	1006	1098
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	glass	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:58PM 2.88				2:34AM 2.18				2:38PM 2.82				3:03AM 2.55				3:43PM 2.23					4:07AM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)			8:14PM 0.47				8:32AM 0.52				9:47PM 0.99				9:16AM 0.59				9:55PM 0.72	10:08PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	2	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	14	15	16	17	18	18	18	15	15	14	14	14	16	17	17	16	16	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	18	18	14	14	15	16	17	17	17	14	14	13	14	13	16	17	16	16	15	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	1.1 W	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	11	14	14	-	15	9	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	0.8 SW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	18	17	17	16	16	15	13	-	-	-	15	15	-	14	6	6	12	12	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 NW	-	1.5 WNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 N	-	1.7 NNW	2.5 WNW	1.4 NW	1.6 WNW	1.8 W	-	1.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	7	3	4	-	6	15	7	8	14	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 25										Friday 26
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	0	0	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.6 WNW	1.3 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	10	6	10	16	10	16	16	10	11	11	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1115	1042	1375	79	77	76	1119	1101	799	1287	392	663	1535	476	1667	1878	526	530	1844	3535	2577	3613
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:58PM 2.88
Low Tide / height (m)								8:25PM 0.81												8:40AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1
High °C	18	18	19	20	19	19	17	17	15	17	15	15	13	15	14	15	17	17	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	18	18	19	20	18	18	16	16	15	16	14	14	13	14	14	15	16	16	17	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	18	17	17	10	10	17	10	6	10	11	10	12	12	10	11	11	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 W	1.1 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	1.4 WSW	0.5 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.1 N	-
Period (s)	10	18	18	8	8	8	17	17	10	16	10	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NW	-	-	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-	0.9 NNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	0.5 NNW	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.4 NNW	1.5 NNW	-	0.1 N
Period (s)	9	-	-	6	6	6	8	8	-	8	6	7	-	3	-	-	4	4	5	5	-	13