Aitape 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 3.12° S 142.34° E

Issued: 3 am 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Aitape sea temperature is

29.1°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Aitape today (11 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 14s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 13s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 13s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Aitape at 11AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s
Afternoon (11 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	13s
Evening (11 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	13s

Table - waves today at Aitape. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 29°C on Sun morning, min 24°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sunday 11								Monday 12								Tuesday 13
	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 15	NE 15	NE 14	NE 14	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11
Wave Graph
kJ	309	301	248	189	171	171	168	132	116	116	114	87	71	69	98	87	88	89	123	123	125	167	164	158
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	ENE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	ENE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	ENE	E	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off
High Tide				8:11AM1.11m				7:22PM1.15m				9:05AM1.11m				7:49PM1.13m				9:59AM1.10m				8:16PM1.10m
Low Tide		1:38AM0.32m				1:44PM0.66m				2:16AM0.25m				2:27PM0.73m				2:54AM0.21m				3:09PM0.79m


	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—
mm	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	26	25	26	28	29	28	26	26	25	25	25	29	29	28	26	25	25	25	25	28	29	28	26	25
Feels °C	30	28	29	30	31	30	29	30	29	28	27	30	30	30	28	28	28	28	28	30	31	30	29	28
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 15	NE 15	NE 14	NE 14	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 11	E 5	N 11	E 6	N 11	N 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11
kJ	309	301	248	189	171	171	168	132	116	116	114	87	71	69	98	87	25	89	30	123	125	167	164	158
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	E 4	N 10	N 10	N 10	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	N 11	NE 11	N 11	NE 10	NE 10	NW 8	E 5	E 5
kJ	56	55	54	55	34	34	33	51	14	33	32	18	61	59	42	42	88	40	123	35	25	3	16	11
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 11	NW 11	NE 10	NE 10	NW 10	NNW 10	N 13	NE 9	N 11	N 13	N 12	N 12	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	NE 11	NNW 8	NE 10	NNW 8	ESE 6	E 16	NW 8	NNE 13
kJ	2	5	24	25	4	10	14	12	35	30	28	26	8	16	8	8	41	7	36	7	8	5	3	35
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 4	E 4	E 4	E 4	E 4	E 4	E 4	E 4	—	E 4	E 4	E 4	E 4	E 5	E 5	E 5	—	E 5	—	E 5	E 5	E 5	—	E 5
kJ	9	9	9	9	13	18	20	15	—	9	9	12	13	27	39	33	—	28	—	21	16	22	—	18
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	125	931	931	931	0	0	0	0	938	931	931	0	0	0	0	0	123	931	931	101	0
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2				2	2	2	1				1	1	1	2	2	1				2
Best forecast wave conditions in Papua New Guinea	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Forok Point East Sepik	Logs Sandaun	Rubio New Ireland	Simberi Island New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Simberi Island New Ireland	Simberi Island New Ireland	Rubio New Ireland	Rubio New Ireland	Nusa New Ireland	Rubio New Ireland	Rubio New Ireland	Sissano Lagoon Sandaun	Sissano Lagoon Sandaun	Nusa New Ireland	Rubio New Ireland	Simberi Island New Ireland	Nusa New Ireland	Lidos Right Sandaun
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	6	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	7	6	5	5	5	6	4	4

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