Aitape Surf Forecast

/ Sandaun (9 surf breaks) /

Papua New Guinea (28 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Aitape surfForecast / Sandaun / Papua New Guinea

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 +10

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

Today's Aitape sea temperature is 29.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Aitape today?

The current surf forecast for Aitape at 12PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Evening (16 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s

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

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	Tuesday 16						Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri 19
	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
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	61	57	74	73	74	78	79	80	99	75	101	95	85	84	71	74	44	46	60	96	162	96	113	98
Wind (km/h)	SE	ESE	ENE	ENE	E	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ENE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	E	ENE	E	ESE	SE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					4:47PM 1.06			2:11AM 1.07					5:36PM 1.08			3:27AM 1.06					6:14PM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)		8:56AM 0.17				9:32PM 0.89				9:59AM 0.19					10:41PM 0.84				10:55AM 0.22				11:36PM 0.78

	Tuesday 16						Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri 19
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	-	2	2	2	1	-	-	1	1	-	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	4	3
Temp. °C	25	28	29	29	27	26	26	26	26	29	30	29	27	26	26	26	25	29	28	28	27	26	25	25
Feels °C (?)	28	32	31	31	30	29	30	29	29	32	31	31	30	29	29	29	28	32	29	30	30	29	28	28

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Sandaun

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Aitape (fresh winds from the SSE at SHIP6894 211 km from Aitape). 0.3m 7s swell from the NE with a 0.2m 9s swell from the NNE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
3 hours 14 minutes ago Aitape

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