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 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			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	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back 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	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NNW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.4 W	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.1 S	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	6	14	8	8	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	8	8	9	9	8	9	10	13	11
Energy(?)	245	170	177	734	2661	6655	4174	4024	1872	1380	809	537	470	653	1048	990	855	899	845	969	784	306
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:28PM 2.47	8:15AM 2.82		8:29PM 2.83	9:01AM 2.95		9:15PM 2.91	10:15AM 2.52		9:56PM 3.00	10:17AM 3.19		10:35PM 3.08	10:52AM 3.28		11:12PM 3.14	11:18AM 2.34		11:41PM 2.79	12:04PM 2.95
Low Tide / height (m)		1:46AM 0.69		2:27PM 1.02	2:45AM 0.85		3:12PM 0.93	3:28AM 0.79	4:03AM 0.97	3:52PM 0.86		4:07AM 0.74	4:29PM 0.81		4:45AM 0.70	5:04PM 0.78		5:11AM 0.38	5:40PM 0.83		5:50AM 0.38	6:18PM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	15	4	3	2	2	-	1	-	1	2	6	1	-	1	-	-	-	3	26
High °C	19	19	21	16	15	15	16	15	17	17	16	17	17	17	15	16	15	16	16	16	15	19
Low °C	19	18	21	16	13	14	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	14	15	15	14	15	16	15	15	18
Chill °C (?)	19	19	21	15	13	13	14	13	16	16	15	16	16	16	13	14	13	14	15	15	14	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:48	-
Sunset	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.1 N	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.1 S	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	14	8	8	16	-	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	15	11	15	13	11	13	13	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.1 N	0.3 WSW	1.3 NNW	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.2 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	15	13	12	7	-	-	-	9	-	-	12	11	10	-	16	14	14	14	-	-	13	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.7 N	-	2.2 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	2.4 W	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.4 W	-
Period (s)	6	6	4	-	7	16	9	-	-	-	8	7	7	8	8	9	9	8	9	10	7	-

	Monday 15			Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi 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	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.5 NNW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	6	14	14	14	13	6	6	7	9	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	245	266	233	170	172	241	455	879	1189	1384	2028	2661	3350	5898	6655	7040	4174	1552	4010	3203	2909	2253
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:36PM 2.77				8:15AM 2.82				8:29PM 2.83				9:01AM 2.95				9:15PM 2.97
Low Tide / height (m)	1:30PM 1.09				1:56AM 0.93				3:02PM 1.12				2:45AM 0.85				3:12PM 0.93				3:15AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	14	17	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	15	16	15	13	13	13	14	15	16	15	14	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	19	17	17	17	16	14	14	13	11	11	11	12	13	14	15	13	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.6 W	1.1 NNW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	-	0.2 NNW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	9	7	17	16	16	-	-	6	15	10	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.4 W	0.2 WSW	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	15	13	13	13	13	13	20	11	18	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NNW	1.1 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.9 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 WNW	1.7 W	2.1 WNW	2.2 W	2.2 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	7	9	8	7	7	8	16	16	15	9	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 15										Tuesday 16
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi 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	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.4 NNW	0.4 SW	1.6 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	6	14	14	14	14	5	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	6	13	6	6	6	7
Energy(?)	249	256	245	229	280	263	247	244	56	184	176	170	176	166	172	195	224	94	278	338	455	522
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)							7:36PM 2.77													8:04AM 2.53
Low Tide / height (m)	1:30PM 1.09												1:56AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 W	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	14	14	14	14	7	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	7	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 SW	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	20	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.4 NNW	0.6 NW	1.6 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	4	6	6	6	7