Aitape 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 3.12° S 142.34° E

Issued: 3 am 10 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Aitape sea temperature is

29.0°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 (10 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 18s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 16s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 16s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Aitape at 9AM is: 0.8m 18s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am October 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (+10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	18s
Afternoon (10 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	16s
Evening (10 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	16s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Sat morning, min 25°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Saturday 10								Sunday 11								Monday 12
	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	3	2	2	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 19	NE 18	NE 18	NE 18	NE 17	NE 16	NE 16	NE 16	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
Wave Graph
kJ	227	266	201	370	227	211	208	348	309	301	248	189	171	171	168	132	116	90	114	87	71	69	98	89
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	ESE	E	ENE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	SE	E	ENE	ENE	E	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	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off
High Tide				7:13AM1.09m			6:56PM1.16m					8:11AM1.11m				7:22PM1.15m				9:05AM1.11m				7:49PM1.13m
Low Tide	00:59AM0.41m					1:01PM0.58m				1:38AM0.32m				1:44PM0.66m				2:16AM0.25m				2:27PM0.73m


	—	6:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—
mm	—	1	1	—	1	2	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	25	25	25	29	28	28	27	26	26	26	26	29	29	29	26	26	26	25	25	28	29	28	26	26
Feels °C	29	29	28	32	30	31	31	29	30	29	29	31	30	31	28	29	29	28	27	29	30	30	28	29
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 11	N 12	N 12	NE 18	NE 17	NE 16	NE 16	NE 16	NE 15	NE 15	NE 14	NE 14	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 12	NE 12	E 5	NE 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	E 5
kJ	163	166	127	370	227	211	208	348	309	301	248	189	171	171	168	132	116	90	22	87	71	69	98	37
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 19	NE 18	NE 18	N 11	N 11	N 11	NE 13	N 11	N 11	E 4	E 4	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 11	N 10	NE 12	N 10	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	N 11
kJ	227	266	201	118	84	84	140	57	56	10	10	54	34	34	33	51	35	33	114	18	61	59	42	89
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 15	NE 15	NE 15	ENE 10	NE 13	ENE 13	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 10	NE 10	NW 10	NNW 10	N 13	NE 9	N 13	N 13	N 10	N 12	NNW 9	NNW 9	NW 9	NE 11
kJ	107	136	136	41	63	116	82	2	2	55	54	25	4	10	14	12	14	30	18	26	8	16	3	42
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	E 10	E 4	ENE 4	E 4	E 5	E 5	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	E 5	—
kJ	—	—	51	6	5	13	21	15	15	14	14	10	17	27	29	29	23	23	—	16	24	23	33	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Jailbreak Sandaun	Edmago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Jailbreak Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Jailbreak Sandaun	Edmago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Karawop East Sepik	Edmago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Aitape Sandaun
Rating (10 max)	2	3	2	3	1	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	125	931	931	931	125	0	0	0	125	931	931	0	0	0	0	0	123	931	931	931	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Sandaun	Lidos Right	Lidos Right	Lidos Right	Lidos Right				Lidos Right	Lidos Right	Lidos Right	Lidos Right	Lidos Right			Aitape	Lidos Right	Lidos Right	Narimu and Buro Reefs	Narimu and Buro Reefs	Logs				Sissano Lagoon
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3				3	2	2	2	2			2	2	2	2	2	1				2
Best forecast wave conditions in Papua New Guinea	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Rubio New Ireland	Rubio New Ireland	Piccinniny New Ireland	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Forok Point East Sepik	Lidos Right Sandaun	Simberi Island New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Aitape Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Narimu and Buro Reefs Sandaun	Narimu and Buro Reefs Sandaun	Simberi Island New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Nusa New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Sissano Lagoon Sandaun
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	6	5	7	9	9	9	8	8	4	5	6	6	5	5	6	5	5

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