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 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	3	0	0	4	4	4	2	1	2	1	0	2	2	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	0.7 NW	3.0 SSE	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.7 WNW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	1.5 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SSE	1.3 WSW	1.7 S	2.0 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	9	9	12	9	8	8	11	9	8	8	15	8	7	10	7	7	12	18	16
Energy(?)	770	401	235	1335	1975	221	1277	195	211	180	1355	520	411	106	429	607	685	626	841	562	561	678
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	glass	glass	cross	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:11AM 2.58	5:34PM 2.70		6:19AM 2.64	6:34PM 3.05		7:28AM 3.05		7:47PM 3.11	8:22AM 2.84		8:54PM 2.91	9:28AM 3.09		9:56PM 3.33	10:19AM 3.21		10:44PM 3.25	11:09AM 3.50		11:44PM 3.11
Low Tide / height (m)	11:00PM 0.56	11:26AM 0.71		12:04AM 0.54	12:34PM 0.68		1:02AM 0.78		1:43PM 0.84	2:14AM 0.68		2:47PM 0.43	3:10AM 0.25		3:43PM 0.28		4:02AM 0.12	4:39PM 0.15		4:56AM 0.27	5:24PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	4	14	4	3	7	1	3	1	3	-	-	-	-	6	3	13	13	-	3	-
High °C	16	18	17	18	21	20	17	23	21	18	18	19	16	19	19	17	20	18	15	19	20	17
Low °C	15	17	16	15	16	18	16	20	21	18	18	19	16	18	18	15	17	16	15	16	20	14
Chill °C (?)	16	17	15	17	21	20	16	23	21	18	17	18	16	19	19	16	20	18	14	19	20	17
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.1 S	1.7 S	2.2 NNW	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.7 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.6 W	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	9	9	11	8	8	11	13	13	8	7	14	8	10	10	7	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 NE	0.5 SW	0.9 N	0.5 SW	0.3 WNW	0.6 NW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	17	7	16	6	12	7	10	11	10	9	11	8	7	6	11	13	12	13	12	18	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.3 SE	1.1 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	3.0 SSE	0.6 E	0.4 NNW	0.6 NNW	3.0 NW	2.0 WNW	-	-	1.3 WSW	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 S	2.0 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	3	2	4	9	9	9	9	3	3	4	9	8	-	-	8	7	7	7	7	7	3	-

	Sun	Monday 29								Tuesday 30								Wednesday 31
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	3.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.0 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.4 NNW	3.0 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	9	9	9	9	12	11	10	9	8	8	7
Energy(?)	1091	770	680	734	596	291	235	221	192	128	150	3102	1975	1577	1260	1146	1285	1254	2345	488	251	210
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:11AM 2.58				5:28PM 3.04				6:21AM 2.64				6:34PM 3.05					7:23AM 2.88
Low Tide / height (m)		11:00PM 0.56				11:21AM 0.95				11:52PM 0.81				12:34PM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	1	13	4	-	1	2	3	3	2	-	1	1
Temp. °C	16	16	15	16	18	17	16	17	18	17	17	15	16	21	20	20	16	17	17	17	18	20
Chill °C (?)	16	15	14	15	17	16	14	15	17	16	17	14	15	21	20	20	15	16	16	16	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	2.5 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	2.0 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.3 SSE	2.2 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.4 NNW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	12	11	10	9	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.9 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 N	0.9 N	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.2 NNW	1.8 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	18	17	5	6	16	8	16	9	10	10	14	12	12	6	7	10	10	9	10	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.5 SE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SSE	0.4 ENE	3.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.2 SSE	-	-	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	5	6	6	3	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	9	9	-	-	9	9	-	-	-

	Sunday 28				Monday 29
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	7	8	8
Energy(?)	1069	843	843	828	770	625	614	566	557	539	700	734	687	604	596	339	344	351	894	1042	1195	1361
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											5:02AM 2.51
Low Tide / height (m)				11:00PM 0.56													11:24AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
High °C	18	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	17	17	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	18	16	16	14	15	15	15	15	14	15	16	15	15	16	17	17	17	16	15	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	18	11	11	11	17	13	13	16	16	16	16	6	6	16	16	7	7	16	13	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 E	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	1.7 S	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	2	2	2	3	6	6	6	6	2	3	7	7	7	8	8