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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	Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tue
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	3	1	0	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	10	12	14	13	12	12	13	9	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	16	14	6
Energy(?)	788	869	307	480	1219	924	723	1060	1431	1680	1484	1898	1382	927	706	519	325	221	169	24	245	482
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:28PM 2.74	2:12AM 2.77		2:42PM 2.95	3:10AM 2.64		3:37PM 2.77		4:10AM 2.81	4:36PM 2.90		5:13AM 2.43	5:36PM 2.53		6:17AM 2.42	6:35PM 2.48		7:17AM 2.72		7:36PM 2.77	8:15AM 2.82
Low Tide / height (m)			8:11PM 0.32	8:29AM 0.42		9:08PM 0.49	9:25AM 0.59		10:00PM 0.58	10:20AM 1.02		11:06PM 0.70	11:25AM 0.84		11:52PM 0.71	12:26PM 0.88		12:57AM 0.75		1:45PM 0.79	1:56AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	1	10
High °C	21	21	18	20	20	16	20	21	15	20	18	13	18	19	16	19	19	17	19	20	18	18
Low °C	20	20	16	19	18	15	18	17	11	17	16	12	17	19	15	17	19	17	18	20	18	17
Chill °C (?)	21	21	18	20	20	15	20	21	14	20	17	11	18	19	15	19	19	17	19	20	18	17
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	8:40	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.5 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	10	12	14	13	12	15	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	9	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.1 WNW	0.1 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 S	0.1 NW	0.4 NNW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.6 W
Period (s)	12	10	13	9	8	6	7	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	4	14	4	16	12	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 SW	1.5 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	-	0.6 NNW	0.4 WSW	1.1 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	12	8	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	5	-	4	4	5	6

	Tuesday 09					Wednesday 10								Thursday 11								Fri
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	1	4	4	3	4	4	4	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	12	11	12	11	11	12	10	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	15	12	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1007	266	662	795	801	654	583	520	229	506	689	137	1317	1241	770	1127	1053	1086	1060	243	1118	1431
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:47PM 3.10				2:15AM 2.80				2:46PM 3.23				3:01AM 2.56				3:40PM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)	7:36AM 0.25				8:13PM 0.35				8:24AM 0.39				9:08PM 0.49				9:25AM 0.59					10:02PM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	23	21	20	18	18	17	16	20	20	20	18	16	15	14	16	19	20	21	17	14	14
Chill °C (?)	20	23	21	20	18	18	17	16	20	20	20	18	15	14	14	16	19	20	21	16	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	12	10	12	11	12	11	11	12	10	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	15	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 W	0.1 S	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	10	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	13	9	8	8	8	8	5	7	7	15	16	4	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	1.0 W	0.7 SW	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	1.6 WSW	0.4 W	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	4	-	-	-	-	6	12	3	6	8

	Tuesday 09																Wednesday 10
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	1	4	4	3	4	4	4	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	11	10	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1078	333	788	914	908	962	906	890	391	627	622	261	931	904	691	911	693	637	536	220	381	397
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)							1:49PM 3.12													2:23AM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)	7:36AM 0.25	8:14AM 0.82												8:13PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	21	21	20	19	18	17	18	18	18	17	15	17	16
Chill °C (?)	18	19	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	21	21	20	19	18	17	18	18	18	17	15	17	16
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	11	10	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 W	0.1 S	1.2 WSW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.1 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.1 S	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	10	8	12	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	7	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-