Tarawai Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Papua-New-Guinea – East Sepik)

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Tarawai Spot ID:

Type: reef

Reliability: fairly consistent

Best: Swell NW | Wind NE

Sea Temperature Today is: 29.6 °C

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Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 15:09 Local time

m, °C	Wednesday 22
ft, °F	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Wave (m)	NNE	NE	NE	NNE
Period (s)	10	8	8	10
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass

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Tarawai in East Sepik is an exposed reef break that has reasonably consistent surf The best wind direction is from the northeast. Usually gets local windswells, but groundswells do happen and the ideal wave direction is from the northwest. Reef breaks provide lefts and rights. Unlikely to be too crowded, even when the surf is up. Be wary of rips - they make surfing here dangerous.

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For Wewak, Papua New Guinea, 57 miles from Tarawai.

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Tarawai Tide Times and Tide Chart

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At Wewak International Airport, 57 km from Tarawai.

light winds from the E

km/h

Dry and partly cloudy

Air temperature
32 °C

Current weather near Tarawai

Overall Tarawai Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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Also see Tarawai surf quality by season and Tarawai surf quality by month.

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Visitor Reviews of Tarawai

Januarius Kaien from PAPUA NEW GUINEA writes:

Tarawai Island is located west of Wewak and is the last island in East Sepik Province towards the border of West Sepik Province. Tarawai Island is about 500 metres away from Wallis Island.

Trawai Island is one of the beautiful island in East Sepik Province. The people are very friendly and welcome strangers any time. The islanders earn their income through fishery.

2012-12-27

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Tarawai: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Karawop	18 mi
Second closest break	Cape Barabar	30 mi
Third closest break	Wewak Point	35 mi
Fourth closest break	The Wharf (Mission Point)	38 mi
Fifth closest break	Moem Point	39 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Tarawai:
Closest wave buoy	NW Hawaii Buoy	4109 mi
Second closest wave buoy	W Hawaii Buoy	4117 mi
Third closest wave buoy	NW Hawaii Buoy	4142 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	SW Hawaii Buoy	4264 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Western Aleutians Buoy	4308 mi
Tide stations nearest to Tarawai:
Closest tide station	Wewak	35 mi
Second closest tide station	Sepik River	101 mi
Third closest tide station	Vanimo	139 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Madang Harbour	224 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Port Seeadler, Manus, Admiralty Islands	290 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Tarawai:
Closest ski area	Chausuyama Kogen (Japan)	699 mi
Second closest ski area	Selwyn Snowfields (Australia)	2285 mi
Third closest ski area	Perisher (Australia)	2318 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Charlotte Pass (Australia)	2319 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Thredbo (Australia)	2324 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Tarawai:
Closest city location	Kotabaru (Indonesia)	181 mi
Second closest city location	Jayapura (Indonesia)	182 mi
Third closest city location	Abepura (Indonesia)	188 mi
Fourth closest city location	Mendi (Papua New Guinea)	205 mi
Fifth closest city location	Madang (Papua New Guinea)	224 mi

The nearest passenger airport to Tarawai is Wewak International Airport (WWK) in Papua New Guinea, which is 63 km (39 miles) away (directly).
The second closest airport to Tarawai is Sentani (Jayapura) Airport (DJJ) in Indonesia, 312 km (194 miles) away.

Tarawai break location map and break info

This is the Surf-Forecast page for Tarawai, East Sepik. Use the tab navigation above to view Tarawai sea temperature, Tarawai photographs, Tarawai detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Tarawai webcams, current wind from East Sepik live weather stations and Tarawai tide predictions. The Papua New Guinea swell maps link will open up the big picture showing Papua New Guinea and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from Papua New Guinea wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Tarawai.

Tarawai Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Papua-New-Guinea – East Sepik)

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Overall Tarawai Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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