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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	Wed		Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wed
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki
Rating	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	3	2	0	2	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NNW	0.4 WNW	2.0 NW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 SSE	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	8	8	7	15	14	13	12	10	7	12	18	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1240	59	543	535	353	173	212	261	400	561	569	589	716	498	362	523	239	237	277	226	165	212
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:42PM 2.94	8:45AM 2.25		9:13PM 2.28	9:45AM 2.39		9:49PM 3.00	10:19AM 3.21		10:35PM 3.01	11:49AM 2.93		11:33PM 3.14	11:58AM 3.36		12:18AM 3.09	12:44PM 3.32		1:10AM 3.36		1:28PM 3.21
Low Tide / height (m)		2:09AM 0.59		2:43PM 0.41	3:39AM 0.33		4:10PM 0.29		4:02AM 0.12	4:35PM 0.14		5:36AM 0.67	6:04PM 0.68		5:45AM 0.02	6:15PM 0.05		6:31AM 0.05		7:04PM 0.44	7:19AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	18	18	17	19	19	17	20	18	17	19	23	18	19	22	18	19	20	17	20	20
Low °C	19	18	18	18	15	18	19	16	20	17	15	18	20	16	19	20	17	19	20	16	19	19
Chill °C (?)	20	19	17	17	17	19	19	17	20	18	17	19	23	18	19	22	18	19	20	17	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-
Sunset	8:52	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	10	10	13	8	7	6	6	7	12	10	10	12	11	11	11	14	14	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 S	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	16	5	11	10	7	7	14	13	6	12	12	18	18	16	15	11	10	4	15	4	6	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 N	2.0 NW	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSE	1.6 S	1.5 SSE	1.1 SSE	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	3	8	8	-	-	-	-	6	6	7	6	-	5	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	5

	Wednesday 31			Thursday 01								Friday 02								Saturday 03
	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	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	0.5 WSW	0.7 NW	2.0 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 W	1.4 WNW	1.1 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	16	10	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	7	7	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	12
Energy(?)	268	213	129	675	78	72	138	581	636	621	535	402	322	204	214	157	212	303	239	261	261	501
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	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)			8:08PM 2.18				8:45AM 2.25				8:46PM 2.82				9:28AM 3.09				9:56PM 3.33
Low Tide / height (m)					2:41AM 0.44				2:43PM 0.41				3:52AM 0.82				3:41PM 0.27					4:05AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	20	19	18	18	18	20	18	18	18	16	16	15	15	18	19	19	18	17	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	23	20	19	17	18	18	20	18	18	18	16	16	14	15	18	19	19	18	17	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 NW	2.0 NNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	7	6	10	8	9	8	8	13	9	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	6	8	8	7	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.5 WSW	0.6 S	0.5 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 NW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	16	6	15	9	8	13	16	7	7	7	12	12	12	11	6	14	14	14	13	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 S	2.5 NNW	0.3 N	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	-	-	-	1.4 W	1.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	6	9	2	-	-	3	8	8	-	-	-	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Wednesday 31										Thursday 01
	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	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	0.5 WSW	1.0 S	2.5 NNW	0.7 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	2.3 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.8 NW	0.3 W	0.3 W	2.0 NNW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.2 NW
Period(s) (?)	7	16	7	10	6	10	10	9	9	9	8	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	295	246	268	1174	84	77	73	945	879	801	559	30	30	724	761	586	621	733	599	602	543	710
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)																				8:36AM 3.23
Low Tide / height (m)														2:12AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
High °C	22	21	23	20	23	22	21	18	18	18	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	22	21	23	20	23	22	21	17	17	17	17	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	18	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	2.5 NNW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	2.3 NNW	2.2 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.8 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	10	6	6	6	9	9	9	8	5	5	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.5 WSW	0.6 NW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.2 S	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	11	16	10	16	10	10	10	15	15	15	15	10	10	6	6	10	18	5	18	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 NNW	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 NNW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.2 NW
Period (s)	-	10	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8