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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	Fri	Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02
	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	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Stent Road Taranaki	Kina Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	0	0	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	1	4	2	4	2	0	0	1	2	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	3.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 NNW	1.1 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	9	9	8	8	8	7	13	12	12	14	12
Energy(?)	3222	3257	2053	1614	1251	786	770	400	233	143	106	2187	1129	1869	1454	1063	310	176	194	193	306	1140
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	3:14AM 2.80		3:36PM 3.12		4:05AM 2.76	4:25PM 2.89		5:19AM 2.03	5:23PM 2.87		6:12AM 2.94	6:43PM 2.72		7:29AM 2.76		7:52PM 2.80	8:29AM 2.90		8:54PM 2.91	9:28AM 3.09		9:49PM 3.00
Low Tide / height (m)		9:29AM 0.88		10:02PM 0.49	10:18AM 0.82		10:48PM 0.72	11:31AM 0.66		11:52PM 0.81	12:28PM 0.93		12:59AM 0.45		1:42PM 0.58	2:12AM 0.37		2:51PM 0.72	3:10AM 0.25		3:43PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	1	6	2	3	2	7	9	2	1	-	-	2	5
High °C	16	17	17	14	18	19	16	22	18	17	19	16	16	18	18	18	18	19	17	19	19	17
Low °C	16	17	17	12	16	18	16	20	16	16	16	15	15	17	18	18	17	18	16	18	19	16
Chill °C (?)	15	16	17	14	18	19	15	22	17	15	19	14	15	17	17	17	17	19	17	19	19	16
Sunrise	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 NNW	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	0.6 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 W
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	9	8	8	15	7	6	12	6	6	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NNW	0.4 NW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 NE	0.2 WSW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.2 N	0.5 SW	0.8 N	1.2 N	0.3 SW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	19	18	17	4	15	10	14	12	11	8	7	10	14	13	7	6	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.2 S	0.9 SE	1.1 SE	-	3.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 NNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 NNW	1.1 NW	-	-	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	4	4	-	9	9	8	8	8	7	6	5	-	-	8

	Fri	Saturday 27								Sunday 28								Monday 29
	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	Desperation Point Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	3375	2963	2952	1796	3257	2623	2208	969	1567	1248	1022	1098	1030	1035	1115	1069	669	625	686	658	616	338
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:19AM 2.97				3:31PM 2.95					4:07AM 2.58				4:29PM 2.72				5:11AM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)	9:07PM 0.72				9:24AM 0.78				9:55PM 0.72					10:23AM 0.68				10:53PM 0.82				11:24AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	15	14	17	17	17	17	15	14	14	14	18	17	18	19	16	16	16	16	19	22
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	13	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	18	17	18	19	15	15	15	15	19	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.1 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	6	13	13	13	9	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.3 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 SW	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.6 SW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 N	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	7	8	14	-	22	22	12	6	6	6	6	6	18	18	18	18	13	6	6	6	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NW	-	-	2.0 W	-	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	1.5 W	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	1.2 SSE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	7	-	-	14	-	7	6	12	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	2

	Friday 26				Saturday 27
	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	Desperation Point Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arawhata Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Rocky Rights Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki
Rating	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	3253	2992	3088	1229	3296	3222	3372	1144	3463	2913	3039	3818	3180	3663	4007	3749	2492	2277	2690	2645	2427	1867
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)									3:14AM 2.80												3:33PM 2.78
Low Tide / height (m)			9:12PM 0.82												9:24AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	14	16	15	15	15	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	14	15	14	13	12	15	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	0.8 SW	-	0.9 NW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.8 NW	0.7 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW
Period (s)	-	8	7	15	-	-	-	14	-	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 NW	-	-	1.0 WNW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 WNW	1.2 NW	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	5	7	7	7	5	7	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-