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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sun	Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki
Rating	3	3	2	1	1	1	3	0	2	2	0	3	4	0	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	3.5 N	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	1.2 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	13	12	12	8	14	14	13	9	9	15	13	14	13	11	10	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	670	853	440	310	154	100	1663	282	221	221	470	477	642	368	465	839	454	305	339	198	297	267
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross	glass	on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:51PM 2.97			12:18AM 2.76		12:40PM 2.95	1:05AM 2.66		1:22PM 2.48	1:50AM 2.81		2:14PM 2.32	2:49AM 2.51		3:32PM 2.36		4:10AM 2.21	4:51PM 2.13		5:24AM 2.67
Low Tide / height (m)		6:03AM 0.47		6:10PM 0.46	6:41AM 0.88		6:55PM 0.65	7:21AM 0.81		7:41PM 1.03	8:16AM 1.21		8:29PM 1.07	9:15AM 1.18		9:39PM 1.15	10:42AM 1.11		11:13PM 1.05	11:48AM 1.14		12:03AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	9	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	20	19	17	17	18	19	18	16	18	20	17	18	19	17	23	20	18	20	19	18
Low °C	14	16	19	17	16	17	17	18	16	15	17	16	15	16	18	16	18	19	16	18	19	17
Chill °C (?)	17	19	20	19	16	16	17	19	18	16	18	20	17	18	19	17	23	20	18	20	19	18
Sunrise	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 N	1.0 N	0.5 SW	1.1 NNW	0.7 SW	0.7 W	1.2 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	7	7	12	6	14	8	9	9	15	7	14	13	11	10	9	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.9 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	1.0 W	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 S	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	16	6	6	5	12	12	14	14	6	13	13	12	7	13	6	6	13	13	12	8	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 E	0.6 ESE	3.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 N	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	3	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	-	2	-	2	3

	Sun	Monday 06								Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 SW	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1080	1228	1095	1010	569	529	650	550	562	265	210	300	154	96	100	117	76	123	138	138	513	263
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	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)		11:51PM 2.97					12:04PM 2.83				12:23AM 3.15				12:35PM 2.79				1:10AM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)				5:57AM 0.44	6:04AM 0.71				6:17PM 0.48				6:36AM 0.78				6:57PM 0.63				7:21AM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	2	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	14	13	15	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	19
Chill °C (?)	17	15	13	12	14	19	19	19	18	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 NNE	0.8 WSW	0.9 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.6 N	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	2.3 N	1.4 NNW	1.0 N	0.8 W
Period (s)	13	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	6	12	7	7	7	8	12	12	8	7	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.1 S	-	0.3 NNE	0.8 NNE	-	0.7 NNE	0.7 N	0.4 S	-	0.8 WSW	0.3 S	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 SE	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 SW	0.7 N
Period (s)	7	7	-	4	5	-	6	6	5	-	13	5	12	12	12	12	4	15	14	14	14	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NE	0.5 E	0.2 ESE	0.7 NNE	-	-	0.8 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.4 ENE	1.2 NNE	0.8 E	0.3 SE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	2.5 N	3.0 N	1.3 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	3	3	5	-	-	6	6	3	6	4	5	3	4	9	9	9	-	-	-

	Sunday 05					Monday 06
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13
Energy(?)	769	1080	940	902	750	670	1206	1206	1499	691	695	1023	752	730	720	626	642	634	624	447	743	462
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)						11:49PM 3.28													12:12PM 2.82
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	15	15	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	16	16	16	17	17	19	19	19	20	19	20
Chill °C (?)	17	17	15	15	17	15	15	15	14	14	12	15	16	16	16	17	19	19	19	20	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	1.1 S	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.7 N	0.2 S	0.9 NNE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.6 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.6 N
Period (s)	5	7	17	16	16	16	7	7	7	5	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	1.1 NNE	-	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	3	3	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	5	-	-	-