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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	Sat	Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07
	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	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki
Rating	3	0	2	0	0	3	2	1	2	3	0	4	4	0	3	2	0	3	3	0	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 SW	0.9 WSW	2.4 SSE	1.2 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	8	11	8	10	11	11	11	20	18	16	16	15	14	14	13	14	14	15	18
Energy(?)	894	512	397	650	215	1307	309	247	223	302	490	1494	1170	564	761	307	327	422	445	809	1117	2696
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	glass	cross	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		9:14AM 2.93		9:40PM 2.88	10:01AM 3.12		10:22PM 3.36	10:42AM 3.58		11:02PM 3.50	11:39AM 2.52		11:39PM 3.47	11:55AM 3.56		12:14AM 3.44	12:28PM 3.21		12:48AM 3.09		1:01PM 3.33	1:22AM 2.97
Low Tide / height (m)	2:54AM 0.48		3:28PM 0.39	3:47AM 0.28		4:13PM 0.44		4:32AM 0.36	5:29PM 0.65		5:33AM 0.08	5:34PM 0.02		5:48AM 0.29	6:10PM 0.28		6:24AM 0.12	6:44PM 0.12		6:59AM 0.25		7:17PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	18	16	14	14	12	16	17	12	16	17	14	16	18	15	17	18	14	18	19	17
Low °C	16	17	17	10	12	13	11	14	17	11	14	16	13	14	17	13	16	17	12	16	18	15
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	14	12	12	10	16	16	11	16	16	14	16	18	14	17	18	14	17	19	17
Sunrise	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:01	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:57	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	11	11	11	20	18	16	16	15	14	14	13	14	6	15	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.1 N	0.3 N	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.3 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	-
Period (s)	4	15	5	-	13	13	9	12	12	21	11	11	10	5	10	5	5	6	6	14	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 WSW	1.9 SW	0.9 S	2.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	0.3 SW	0.5 S	-	0.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	8	4	8	3	-	2	6	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 01								Monday 02								Tuesday 03
	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	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Whangaehu River Mouth Wanganui-Manawatu	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	4	3	4	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SSW	2.1 S	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	7	8	7	8	11	11	11	11	8	8	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1236	1052	1000	760	668	432	406	355	140	650	303	1007	215	296	414	409	1088	956	1013	520	247	340
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:45PM 2.68				9:14AM 2.93								10:00AM 3.48					10:22PM 3.02				10:42AM 3.25
Low Tide / height (m)			2:54AM 0.48				3:27PM 0.63									4:13PM 0.44				4:30AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	16	16	17	18	18	17	15	14	8	10	12	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	13	16
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	14	13	5	7	9	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 S	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	7	12	7	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	8	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.4 S	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.1 SW	-	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	16	4	15	15	15	4	5	5	12	-	8	7	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	7	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	1.0 SW	-	1.9 SW	-	2.1 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 SSE	-	-	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	-	8	-	8	4	4	4	4	8	8	8	-	-	6

	Saturday 28				Sunday 01
	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	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Karaka Street Wanganui-Manawatu	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Whangaehu River Mouth Wanganui-Manawatu	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	4	3	4	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1254	1236	1236	915	908	634	545	536	46	528	46	985	512	512	512	437	780	769	851	730	406	730
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		8:45PM 2.68													9:13AM 3.32
Low Tide / height (m)								3:00AM 0.74	3:35AM 0.93												3:27PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	13	16	13	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	12	16	12	16	16	15	16	16	18	18	17	18	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	0.3 N	1.2 WSW	0.3 N
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	5	12	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 SSE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 SSW	0.1 N	0.2 SSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.1 N	0.3 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	4	15	15	15	4	15	3	15	15	15	15	15	5	5	5	14	5	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 WSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	3	12	4	12