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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	Fri		Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Fri
	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	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	3	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	11	12	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Energy(?)	452	464	345	619	945	655	1366	852	641	626	429	428	281	271	135	133	114	84	181	174	136	108
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	on	cross	glass	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:58AM 3.17		2:12PM 3.23	2:35AM 2.72		2:52PM 2.97	3:18AM 2.85		3:38PM 2.78		4:08AM 2.38	4:29PM 2.29		5:21AM 2.60	5:57PM 2.54		6:26AM 1.59		7:08PM 2.22	7:54AM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)		7:57PM 0.55	8:06AM 0.30		8:32PM 0.43	8:51AM 0.97		9:14PM 0.87	9:37AM 1.09		9:59PM 1.04	10:27AM 1.00		10:55PM 1.19	11:42AM 1.36		12:15AM 1.27			1:27AM 1.01		1:57PM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	17	21	20	18	20	19	16	19	21	17	18	20	17	19	20	18	20	21	19	23	24
Low °C	19	16	19	19	17	18	18	15	17	20	15	17	19	16	18	20	17	19	20	18	21	23
Chill °C (?)	18	16	21	20	17	20	18	15	19	21	17	18	20	17	19	20	18	20	21	19	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:48	-
Sunset	8:34	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:27
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	14	12	11	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 W	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 NNE	0.4 SW	0.2 W	0.2 W
Period (s)	11	13	13	-	-	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	6	6	6	5	5	3	13	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	0.5 WSW	0.3 W	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.3 NE	0.3 N	-	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	7	8	6	12	13	6	-	-	-	4	-	5	8	-	-	5	-	3	3	-	-	3

	Friday 06			Saturday 07								Sunday 08								Monday 09
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Whangaehu River Mouth Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 W	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	13	8	8	12	12	11	11	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	13	6	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	452	541	390	464	440	411	345	381	619	764	859	945	647	654	655	1249	1172	107	911	1209	1080	1044
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	1:36PM 3.36				1:56AM 2.88				2:12PM 3.17				2:35AM 2.72				2:52PM 2.97				3:19AM 2.56
Low Tide / height (m)			7:55PM 0.20				8:10AM 0.71				8:35PM 0.70				8:51AM 0.91				9:12PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	16	15	15	14	19	21	20	19	18	18	18	17	18	20	20	18	16	15	15	13
Chill °C (?)	17	16	15	14	14	14	19	21	20	19	17	18	18	16	17	20	20	18	15	14	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41
Sunset	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 W	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	8	12	12	12	11	11	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	6	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.1 N	0.8 S	0.8 S	-
Period (s)	11	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	-	-	5	13	7	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.7 NNW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	4	8	7	7	6	6	12	13	13	13	6	6	6	14	13	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 06										Saturday 07
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Whangaehu River Mouth Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 W	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	13	13	7	7	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	429	429	485	467	480	541	461	458	463	467	464	464	453	474	440	413	433	519	396	596	575	580
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	1:36PM 3.36												1:56AM 2.88
Low Tide / height (m)							7:57PM 0.55													8:09AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	19	19	19	19	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	17	18	19	19
Chill °C (?)	17	17	18	18	18	18	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	16	18	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	11	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 S	0.6 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 N
Period (s)	14	11	9	11	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 W	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 W	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	7