Aitape 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 3.12° S 142.34° E

Issued: 9 am 11 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Aitape sea temperature is

29.3°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 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Aitape at 4PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	11s
Afternoon (11 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s
Evening (11 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Wed night. Warm (max 30°C on Wed morning, min 26°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 11						Thursday 12								Friday 13								Sat 14
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 10	NE 11	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	89	90	106	104	127	124	147	144	141	192	141	138	138	138	138	138	136	115	136	136	136	115	115	113	113
Wind (km/h)	SE	E	NE	ENE	E	ESE	SE	SE	SE	E	ENE	ENE	E	ESE	SE	SSE	SSE	ESE	NE	ENE	E	ESE	SSE	SSW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	glassy	glassy	glassy	off
High Tide		9:57AM1.11m				7:25PM1.08m					10:44AM1.10m			7:57PM1.05m					11:33AM1.08m			8:31PM1.03m
Low Tide				2:50PM0.88m				3:02AM0.12m				3:35PM0.90m				3:42AM0.15m					4:24PM0.91m				4:23AM0.19m


	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—
	—	—	—	6:21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	6:22
mm	1	1	—	1	—	—	1	2	1	2	—	1	—	—	1	1	1	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	26	29	30	29	27	27	26	26	26	29	30	29	27	27	26	26	26	28	30	29	28	27	26	26	26
Feels °C	30	33	33	32	31	31	30	30	29	32	32	31	30	31	31	31	30	33	33	33	32	32	31	31	30
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 10	NE 11	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10
kJ	89	90	106	104	127	124	147	144	141	192	141	138	138	138	138	138	136	115	136	136	136	115	115	113	113
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 12	NNE 12	NNE 12	N 12	NNE 12	N 8	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 9	N 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10
kJ	45	46	46	71	27	11	31	30	29	16	25	27	27	25	52	52	51	49	49	50	55	57	57	53	49
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 12	N 12	N 11	N 11	N 8	NNE 11	N 13	N 16	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	N 15	N 15	NNW 10	N 14	N 14	N 13	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 11
kJ	3	3	3	2	12	23	3	5	14	15	15	17	38	21	33	32	30	49	28	26	25	23	23	24	21
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	ENE 2	—	—	E 3	E 3	ESE 3	E 3	—	E 3	E 4	E 4	—	—	SE 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	1	—	—	1	1	1	1	—	1	2	2	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Aitape Sandaun	Karawop East Sepik	Edmago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Piccinniny New Ireland	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Karawop East Sepik	Long Long New Ireland	Long Long New Ireland	Long Long New Ireland	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Edmago New Ireland	Tarawai East Sepik	Tarawai East Sepik	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	123	931	931	940	0	0	0	0	123	939	939	939	0	0	0	0	0	931	101	101	0	0	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Sandaun	Lidos Right	Lidos Right				Lidos Right	Lidos Right	Lidos Right	Lidos Right	Lidos Right				Aitape	Lidos Right	Lidos Right	Lidos Right	Lidos Right				Logs	Lidos Right	Lidos Right	Lidos Right
Rating (10 max)	1	1				1	2	2	2	2				1	2	2	2	2				2	2	2	2
Best forecast wave conditions in Papua New Guinea	Edmago New Ireland	Piccinniny New Ireland	Piccinniny New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Piccinniny New Ireland	Tupira Right East Sepik	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Piccinniny New Ireland	Duke of York New Britain and D.o.York	Piccinniny New Ireland	Piccinniny New Ireland	Lidos Right Sandaun	Rubio New Ireland	Rubio New Ireland	Rubio New Ireland	Rubio New Ireland	Duke of York New Britain and D.o.York	Duke of York New Britain and D.o.York	Logs Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Cape Barabar East Sepik	Lidos Right Sandaun
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2
Header Global	Amanzimtoti South Africa	Amanzimtoti South Africa	Amanzimtoti South Africa	Amanzimtoti South Africa	Coxos Portugal	Boners United States	Praia do Guincho Portugal	Afife Portugal	Afife Portugal	Afife Portugal	Afife Portugal	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Papatowai New Zealand	Leffingwell Landing United States	Leffingwell Landing United States	Leffingwell Landing United States	Papatowai New Zealand	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Airport Rights New Zealand	Airport Rights New Zealand	Airport Rights New Zealand
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	8	8	8	8	7	5	5	5	5	8	5	4	4	4

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