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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	Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	0	2	0	0	4	4	0	4	4	3	3	3	4	0	4	4	4	3	1	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 W	0.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.9 WNW	1.6 W	1.8 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SSE	0.8 WSW	3.0 SSE	1.6 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	0.4 W	0.7 WSW	1.8 NNW	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	19	18	16	15	8	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	7	11	9	9	8	9	18	16	8	13
Energy(?)	804	80	1308	1759	677	2849	2693	2006	1483	967	628	734	693	157	1506	552	726	770	145	549	553	161
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:55PM 2.88	2:16AM 2.65		2:35PM 2.77	3:22AM 2.12		3:43PM 2.23		4:10AM 2.93	4:23PM 2.70		5:02AM 2.51	6:03PM 2.49		6:10AM 2.57			7:38AM 2.67		7:42PM 2.94	8:42AM 2.83
Low Tide / height (m)			8:17PM 0.47	8:29AM 0.52		9:09PM 0.43	9:22AM 0.52		10:00PM 0.53	10:23AM 0.92		11:28PM 0.99	11:17AM 0.67		11:54PM 0.51	12:25PM 0.64	1:03PM 1.06	12:59AM 0.45		2:08PM 0.56	2:09AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	15	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	2	2	4	4	-	2	1
High °C	18	20	18	21	16	14	17	18	15	18	19	17	21	17	16	20	19	15	20	17	16	19
Low °C	17	19	17	20	15	14	16	17	13	17	19	16	18	16	14	16	19	15	17	17	15	18
Chill °C (?)	18	20	17	21	15	13	16	17	15	18	19	17	21	16	14	20	19	14	20	16	15	19
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	8:50	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WNW	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.6 S	0.8 NNW	2.0 S	0.7 NW	1.0 N	1.8 NNW	1.2 N
Period (s)	10	18	10	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	9	6	9	6	6	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.1 S	1.2 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.8 SW	-	0.1 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 N	1.0 N	0.5 SW	0.9 NNW	0.4 W	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	16	8	18	15	-	22	7	6	6	6	16	16	12	6	12	7	18	16	15	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 W	0.8 NW	-	1.6 W	1.8 W	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.2 SSE	3.0 SSE	0.2 ESE	2.1 S	0.4 ESE	-	1.5 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	8	-	8	14	-	6	-	-	-	4	7	4	9	3	8	3	-	8	-	-

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki
Rating	2	0	0	0	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	5	4	5	5	4	4	0	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.0 W	1.8 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	18	18	18	17	10	10	10	14	14	15	8	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	372	822	777	723	1519	663	432	522	2790	2825	2516	728	3987	2849	3472	3161	2142	2523	2006	1127	1446	1193
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	on	on	glass	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:55PM 2.88				2:34AM 2.18				2:38PM 2.82				3:03AM 2.55				3:42PM 2.73
Low Tide / height (m)	7:54AM 0.37				8:14PM 0.47				8:32AM 0.52				9:01PM 0.49								9:55PM 0.72	10:08PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	3	5	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	19	18	14	16	16	18	18	18	18	15	17	14	15	15	16	16	18	17	15	14
Chill °C (?)	18	18	19	18	14	15	15	17	17	17	17	14	17	13	15	15	16	16	17	17	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 WNW	1.2 W	3.0 W	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	18	10	10	10	10	14	14	15	8	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.1 N	-	-	0.6 SW	-	0.8 SW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.8 SW	0.4 NNW	0.1 W	0.6 SW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	19	18	18	10	17	16	16	15	13	-	-	16	-	15	6	6	13	6	22	12	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 W	-	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	0.5 NNW	0.6 N	-	1.2 N	-	1.6 WNW	-	1.8 W	-	-	1.7 W	-	0.3 NNW	1.3 W	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	7	3	4	-	5	-	8	-	14	-	-	13	-	6	12	-	-

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	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	South Beach (Wanganui) Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Marokopa Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki
Rating	2	0	0	0	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	5	4	5	5	4	4	0	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.0 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 W	1.3 W	1.2 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 W	2.2 W	2.2 W
Period(s) (?)	7	19	19	19	18	10	10	18	18	18	18	6	17	6	17	17	10	16	11	10	11	11
Energy(?)	477	834	804	764	1166	490	489	81	1077	1048	721	227	1395	397	1519	1509	592	1447	1607	483	2021	2021
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								2:10PM 2.35												2:34AM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)	7:54AM 0.37													9:00PM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	17	18	19	20	20	20	18	18	18	19	17	17	14	14	15	13	17	16	17	17
Chill °C (?)	13	16	17	18	19	20	20	20	18	18	18	18	17	16	14	14	14	13	16	15	16	16
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 W	0.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 W	2.2 W	2.2 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	18	18	18	10	10	18	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 W	0.3 SW	1.2 WSW	0.5 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 SW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	19	8	8	8	18	8	8	8	18	18	10	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 W	-	-	-	-	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.7 W	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-	1.3 W	-	1.5 W	-	-	1.3 W	-	0.9 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	10	10	6	9	8	-	6	-	6	-	-	6	-	8	3	8	8