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Rare day at the wall, Moruya Breakwater

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7:00 am 24 Mar 2012


Pai-Pai ratings
Quality on a good day: 2.0
Consistency of surf: 2.0
Difficulty level: 1.0
Crowds: 4.0

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Pai-Pai Surf Forecast / French Polynesia

2 – 7 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 07 am Monday 04 Jun 2012

Pai-Pai surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 1.2
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Period (s) (?) 12 12 12 14 13 13 13 13 12 13 11 12 18 18 17 16 15 15
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Max-energy 447 328 193 357 116 204 201 206 167 120 206 252 330 486 313 201 186 178
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Pai-Pai blow from the NE
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
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Today's Pai-Pai sea temperature is 28.4 °C (Statistics for 04 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 27.6 max: 28.2 min: 26.8 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Warm air temperatures (max 26°C on Mon morning, min 25°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Mon morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Wed night). Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Mostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 25°C on Fri morning, min 24°C on Thu morning). Mainly fresh winds.
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Summary clear rain shwrs clear clear clear clear clear clear some clouds clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear
Rain (mm) - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
High °C 26 26 26 26 26 25 24 24 24 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 26 25
Low °C 26 26 26 26 26 25 24 24 24 24 25 25 25 25 25 25 26 25
Chill °C (?) 26 26 26 26 26 25 24 24 24 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 26 25
Sunrise 6:28 - - 6:28 - - 6:30 - - 6:30 - - 6:30 - - 6:31 - -
Sunset - 17:38 - - 17:38 - - 17:39 - - 17:39 - - 17:39 - - 17:39 -
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