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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	Thu	Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08
	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	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	1	0	2	3	3	3	3	0	3	3	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 S	1.7 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	15	14	13	12	7	7	12	18	16	16	14	14	13	4	12	7	7	12	11	7	7
Energy(?)	492	192	176	326	519	620	772	423	481	533	227	509	363	243	44	190	216	316	225	208	202	264
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		10:09AM 2.75		9:53PM 3.04	10:38AM 2.53		10:42PM 3.08	11:14AM 3.69		11:38PM 3.48	12:01PM 3.71		12:20AM 3.12	12:44PM 3.32		1:05AM 3.04		1:28PM 3.21	1:50AM 2.92		2:12PM 3.05	2:35AM 2.77
Low Tide / height (m)	3:08AM 0.23		4:23PM 0.81		4:31AM 0.22	4:39PM 0.43		5:01AM 0.35	5:29PM 0.37		5:49AM 0.32	6:17PM 0.38		6:31AM 0.05		7:03PM 0.12	7:17AM 0.15		7:49PM 0.22	8:02AM 0.30		8:34PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	19	17	18	19	16	19	20	15	20	22	17	19	20	16	18	17	16	19	19	17
Low °C	15	18	18	15	18	18	14	18	20	15	19	19	15	18	19	15	18	17	14	18	18	16
Chill °C (?)	16	19	19	17	18	19	15	19	20	14	20	22	17	19	20	15	18	16	15	19	19	16
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	8	7	6	8	12	10	12	12	11	11	16	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.6 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 S	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.2 NNW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	12	6	14	13	6	12	20	18	18	16	11	11	15	5	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	1.8 S	1.7 SSE	0.5 S	1.1 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	6	7	7	8	6	4	-	-	-	-	4	6	7	7	7	7	7	7

	Thu	Friday 02								Saturday 03								Sunday 04
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Graveyards Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach 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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki
Rating	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WSW	0.8 W	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 S	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	7	7	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	7	8	8	7	7	7	12	11
Energy(?)	430	492	317	207	80	170	176	205	236	254	236	266	519	651	620	758	773	772	698	672	623	630
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:52PM 2.89				9:45AM 2.39				9:56PM 3.33					10:22AM 3.23				10:44PM 3.11				11:11AM 3.33
Low Tide / height (m)			3:52AM 0.82				3:41PM 0.27					4:11AM 0.44				4:37PM 0.16				4:56AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	16	16	18	19	19	18	17	15	15	15	18	18	19	18	16	15	14	14	18	19
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	16	18	19	19	18	17	14	14	14	18	18	19	17	15	14	13	13	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	8	12	12	12	10	10	10	12	10	9	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 W	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	7	12	12	7	12	6	14	14	14	13	13	7	6	6	12	12	12	20	12	12	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	1.2 SSE	1.1 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 S	1.3 SSE	1.2 S
Period (s)	-	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	6	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	6

	Thursday 01	Friday 02
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Graveyards Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach 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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki
Rating	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.6 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	15	7	7	15	15	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	424	244	292	425	241	337	297	295	246	237	211	195	230	292	208	201	243	225	221	293	288	294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	off	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			9:32PM 2.60												9:28AM 3.09
Low Tide / height (m)									3:17AM 0.57												3:43PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	18	16	16	17	15	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	8	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.8 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	7	16	16	7	12	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	15	7	7	15	15	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 W	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-