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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	Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sun
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki
Rating	0	4	0	0	3	4	0	4	3	0	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	13	17	16	14	14	13	12	12	13	11	10	10	12	11	11	13	13	14	16
Energy(?)	1232	1342	1421	2485	2037	1876	791	1568	734	362	321	449	454	279	398	600	315	345	541	769	619	335
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:37PM 2.86	8:56AM 3.04		9:21PM 3.06	9:39AM 2.93		9:53PM 2.84	10:48AM 2.76		10:38PM 3.37	10:50AM 3.58		11:34PM 2.64	11:27AM 3.72		11:52PM 3.31	12:08PM 3.38		12:29AM 3.28	12:40PM 3.19
Low Tide / height (m)		2:25PM 0.80	2:50AM 0.90		3:14PM 0.73	3:31AM 0.66		3:50PM 0.31	3:56AM 0.26	4:43AM 0.70	4:28PM 0.29		4:45AM 0.23	5:05PM 0.15		5:22AM 0.21	5:43PM -0.12		6:02AM -0.02	6:19PM -0.11		6:36AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	16	17	18	16	17	18	16	18	18	16	20	20	15	20	22	18	17	18	18	20
Low °C	16	17	15	16	17	14	16	17	14	16	17	15	17	20	13	18	21	17	16	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	17	19	15	16	17	15	17	18	16	18	18	16	20	20	15	20	22	18	16	18	18	20
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:24
Sunset	-	7:44	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	10	13	9	18	17	8	7	14	13	12	12	13	11	10	10	12	11	11	13	13	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.1 NW	0.3 W	0.1 NW	0.2 W	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.1 NW	-
Period (s)	20	20	12	12	12	16	14	19	18	17	17	18	19	12	18	8	17	7	6	6	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 WSW	-	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.1 NE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	-	9	-	13	8	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	4	-	-	6	4

	Sunday 15							Monday 16								Tuesday 17
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	4	4	3	0	0	4	4	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	4	4	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.0 W	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	12	8	13	18	17	17	8	16	16	16	14	16	14	14
Energy(?)	1317	1176	1232	1314	1342	1368	1409	1421	2225	314	2485	2274	2037	1751	385	1313	1222	1326	1006	394	570	1223
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	glass
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)			8:11AM 2.90				8:37PM 2.47				8:56AM 3.04				9:47PM 2.14				9:41AM 2.96
Low Tide / height (m)	1:53AM 0.90				2:32PM 0.98				2:34AM 0.67				3:14PM 0.73				3:24AM 0.45				3:50PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	15	18	19	18	15	14	15	12	16	17	17	16	15	15	14	14	16	19	18	17
Chill °C (?)	13	12	15	17	18	18	14	13	15	10	15	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	16	19	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	9	10	10	14	13	19	9	9	9	8	18	18	17	17	8	8	8	16	14	16	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 NW	0.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.5 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	21	21	20	20	20	13	13	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	17	16	16	7	7	7	7	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	9	9	-	-	-	3	13	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 15
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	4	4	3	0	0	4	4	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	4	4	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9
Energy(?)	1322	1078	1048	1140	1159	1176	1170	1165	1550	340	1315	1314	1321	1345	396	1342	1342	1705	1705	712	1409	1804
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)								8:14AM 2.49												8:34PM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)	1:53AM 0.90													2:32PM 0.98	3:04PM 0.70
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	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	12	13	14	12	13	14	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	19	18	17	16	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	13	13	12	13	14	12	12	13	17	17	16	17	19	18	19	19	17	16	15	15	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	9	13	19	13	13	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	0.2 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 NW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	6	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	6	20	20	20	20	19	20	13	19	19	19	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.2 S	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	9	7	9	9	9	9	-	-	-