Taranaki Surf Spots

Sheltered city beachbreak in New Plymouth with low tide barrels, A-frame peaks, and a long rideable groyne section.

Super-fun walls for all abilities in a small cove at Fitzroy's west end — river boulders shape lefts and rights.

River mouth beachbreak with hollow, fast peaks over shifting sandbars shaped by the Waiwhakaiho River.

Fun beachbreak with multiple shifting peaks over sand and reef on the Taranaki coast.

Highly consistent Taranaki beachbreak with powerful, peaky A-frame waves beneath Paritutu Rock.

Left reef tucked behind the harbour that needs sizeable SW-W swells for true tube colours — otherwise lazy and sectiony.

Big-swell offshore reef peak with long walls for experts — low tide only, swell direction dictates left vs right.

Quiet left point 2km south of The Patch — works all swell and tides over boulders and sand.

World-class left point over boulders and sand, reeling for 500m-plus on west swells near Okato.

Boulder point straddling Puniho Rd with a barrelling left and a predictable shreddable right wall.

New Zealand's finest right-hand point, delivering world-class barrels down a boulder-strewn headland in Taranaki.

Rocky beachbreak peaks along the road out to Cape Egmont — exposed, consistent, and often empty.

Often the biggest left along this stretch — chunky walls and power at size heading out toward Cape Egmont lighthouse.

Beachbreak peaks either side of the river flow — handles size and draws windsurfers in the teeth of the wind.

Low-tide reef point hugging Taranaki's fringing reef — long lefts shifting from cantering walls to brief barrels.

Long sectioning right-hander over uneven reef south of Opunake, with barrel sections on the inside and vertical takeoffs.

Fun, sheltered beachbreak tucked between two rocky headlands on the Taranaki coast, serving up peaks for all abilities.

Powerful big-wave reef peaks off a remote Taranaki point, serving hollow walls over uneven reef.

Powerful hollow right-hand reef point south of Opunake, delivering long barrel sections over uneven reef.

Boulder-and-sand reef peaks on the Taranaki coast offering lefts at multiple tide stages with occasional barrel sections.

Mellow beachbreak with boulder sections near Oakura, offering easy rolling peaks suited to longboarding and all levels.

Hollow outside left reef needing big swell and a long paddle — power to burn and a local crew to match.

Southern Taranaki's most popular spot — groyne-protected rivermouth A-frames, rarely crowded, best by the southern wall.

Rarely-visited right point next to Cave Beach that fires on solid SW swell with hollow, fast walls over sand.

Punchy rivermouth peaks over boulders and sand at the mouth of the Waitara River, firing on winter swells with barrel sections.