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 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	The Point (nr Wainui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Patea River Mouth Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	4	2	0	0	0	4	2	3	3	2	3	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.5 SSE	3.0 S	1.3 SSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	14	13	12	12	7	11	11	10	9	7	8	8	10	10	10	9	8	12	11
Energy(?)	977	967	282	775	1265	2024	2104	447	744	678	403	116	342	1085	260	2035	2661	1745	875	636	614	1625
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	5:13PM 2.94		5:56AM 2.52	6:05PM 2.84		6:51AM 2.92		7:43PM 2.54	8:29AM 2.53		8:35PM 2.36	8:44AM 3.04		9:03PM 3.18	9:40AM 3.31		10:04PM 3.46	10:24AM 3.32		10:43PM 3.13	11:11AM 3.29
Low Tide / height (m)		11:35PM 0.88	12:06PM 0.72		12:30AM 0.65		1:23PM 0.60	2:11AM 0.83		2:35PM 0.41	3:03AM 0.23		2:59PM 0.25	3:24AM 0.23		3:53PM 0.26		4:10AM -0.03	5:05PM 0.07		4:57AM -0.04	5:28PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	12	4	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	11	24	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	22	18	18	17	19	15	18	19	17	17	20	16	14	17	16	19	19	17	19	21
Low °C	17	14	19	17	15	17	17	12	18	17	16	16	19	14	14	16	15	17	18	16	18	20
Chill °C (?)	16	15	22	18	17	16	19	14	17	19	17	16	20	15	13	16	14	18	18	16	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	8:31	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.7 NNW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	12	14	13	12	12	10	11	11	10	9	9	18	8	11	10	9	13	12	7	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.8 NW	0.7 W	0.4 NW	-	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	-	0.9 NW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NW	0.2 WSW	0.8 S	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	13	9	6	8	-	8	8	-	8	8	8	13	6	18	16	16	18	18	16	16	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NW	1.2 W	-	1.1 NNW	1.7 WNW	-	-	1.8 W	-	1.1 NW	-	0.3 SE	1.5 SSE	3.0 S	0.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	9	6	-	5	7	-	-	7	-	8	-	2	7	8	8	10	10	10	9	8	-	11

	Saturday 29			Sunday 30								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	0	0	4	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 W	0.7 SW	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 W	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	7	11	11	10
Energy(?)	758	778	1035	967	1052	1161	1376	396	454	484	425	662	1019	2329	2646	2537	1743	877	620	1334	1142	878
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:13PM 2.94				5:49AM 2.81				6:32PM 2.11				6:46AM 2.76					7:36PM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)				11:30PM 0.78				12:36PM 1.06				12:37AM 0.48				12:59PM 0.70	1:04PM 0.80				1:31AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	17	15	16	16	15	19	22	15	17	18	18	16	15	16	16	17	17	15	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	18	16	14	16	16	14	19	22	14	16	18	18	15	14	15	15	16	17	14	13	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 W	0.7 SW	1.0 W	1.6 WNW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	8	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 WSW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SW	-	1.4 WSW	-	-	0.1 N	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 SW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	15	9	9	5	15	15	14	-	13	-	-	9	8	8	11	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.2 W	-	-	0.6 NNW	-	0.5 NNW	1.0 NW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	1.3 NW	1.0 NW	0.7 NW	-	-	1.8 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	-	3	-	3	4	7	8	-	8	8	7	-	-	7	-	-	-

	Saturday 29										Sunday 30
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	0	0	4	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	7	7	7	11	11	11	11	12	14	14	11	14	14	14
Energy(?)	773	758	1064	980	982	778	963	361	332	332	311	411	675	1128	1052	1118	1159	448	233	1635	1554	1554
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					5:08PM 2.77												5:49AM 2.81
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	18	17	17	17	16	15	14	14	13	15	15	16	16	16	15	14	15	18	20	20
Chill °C (?)	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	13	13	12	15	15	15	16	15	15	13	14	18	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	11	11	11	11	12	14	11	6	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.8 WNW	0.1 N	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.8 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 NW	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	9	9	9	13	13	9	13	7	7	7	11	8	9	15	15	15	9	14	11	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-	0.8 NW	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	-	-	-	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	9	-	9	6	7	7	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-