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 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23
	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	Marokopa Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	5	0	5	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.9 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	1.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	1.8 WSW	2.3 W	5.0 W
Period(s) (?)	20	14	18	16	16	6	14	16	11	15	14	14	13	10	12	15	15	15	15	14	9	12
Energy(?)	1539	2864	5915	626	1955	187	2162	3169	2419	2208	2948	2608	1803	1348	2286	5603	5241	4085	3114	2365	2106	6919
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:39AM 2.80		8:09PM 2.73	8:28AM 2.60		9:05PM 2.78	9:08AM 2.74		9:21PM 2.85	9:43AM 2.85		10:24PM 2.42	10:18AM 2.99		10:56PM 2.47	11:14AM 2.48		11:27PM 2.47	11:26AM 3.03		11:47PM 3.24
Low Tide / height (m)	2:05AM 1.09		1:51PM 0.68	2:23AM 0.54		3:17PM 0.49	3:20AM 0.41		3:12PM 0.43	3:33AM 0.30		3:50PM 0.35		4:10AM 0.23	4:30PM 0.31		5:04AM 0.15	5:47PM 0.78		5:18AM 0.23	5:37PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	20	2	-
High °C	12	13	15	10	14	16	15	15	14	12	14	14	16	13	15	15	16	17	16	16	15	12
Low °C	8	12	13	8	13	16	14	15	12	11	13	13	13	13	14	14	16	16	15	15	13	11
Chill °C (?)	10	12	15	8	12	14	14	13	12	9	12	12	14	11	13	14	15	16	15	14	14	9
Sunrise	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.4 SW	1.9 W	2.5 W	3.5 W	1.6 WNW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	1.8 WSW	2.3 W	-
Period (s)	7	14	18	16	16	16	14	16	11	10	14	14	13	9	9	15	15	15	15	14	9	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	0.2 S	0.1 NW	0.1 S	1.0 WSW	-	0.1 N	1.5 WSW	0.1 NW	0.3 WNW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 WSW	-
Period (s)	9	18	-	8	18	16	17	-	16	15	14	9	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.4 W	-	1.1 W	-	1.4 NNW	-	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.3 NNW	-	-	-	3.0 NW	2.5 NNW	5.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	6	-	10	-	-	-	10	12	7	-	-	-	8	8	12

	Thu	Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	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	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Whangaehu River Mouth Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	4	5	5	5	0	0	7	6	5	5	5	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	1.2 W	2.5 SW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.7 SW	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	1.3 WNW	0.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	8	20	13	13	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	6	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	830	1737	4622	3440	4899	602	4513	6127	5647	4773	3895	3351	347	1120	1312	291	531	328	454	2477	3169	3835
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:47PM 2.40				7:38AM 2.46				8:00PM 2.66				8:56AM 2.07				9:12PM 2.22				9:14AM 2.80
Low Tide / height (m)			1:31AM 0.69				2:09PM 0.70				2:13AM 0.52				2:37PM 0.53				3:36AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	11	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	10	9	8	8	13	15	14	15	13	13	14	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	9	10	10	9	14	13	12	13	10	9	8	8	11	14	13	14	11	12	12	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 SW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	8	8	13	13	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	6	16	16	16	6	6	7	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	1.2 W	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 S	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	0.1 NW	-	-
Period (s)	20	20	20	19	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	18	18	16	17	17	16	16	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNW	-	0.9 WNW	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.6 NNW
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	6	6	6	4	5	6	6

	Thursday 16	Friday 17
	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	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Whangaehu River Mouth Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	4	5	5	5	0	0	7	6	5	5	5	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	1.1 W	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.5 SW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	20	20	20	20	8	20	20	20	20	13	13	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17
Energy(?)	798	1545	2365	2752	2021	461	1657	2352	1841	1841	2768	2541	293	3893	4174	748	831	602	986	4239	4239	4191
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross	on	cross- off	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	7:47PM 2.40
Low Tide / height (m)							1:49AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	12	11	12	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	9	11	12	14	15	15	15	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	11	9	9	8	12	8	8	10	9	8	8	8	8	10	11	14	15	15	14	13	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.1 W	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	8	20	20	20	7	8	8	8	8	8	13	13	8	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	-	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.5 S	1.2 W	-	0.8 W	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	20	9	20	12	20	20	20	20	20	6	19	-	8	10	10	10	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.2 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	1.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	7	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-