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Avaavaroa Passage surfForecast / Rarotonga / Cook Islands

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 -10
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Avaavaroa Passage surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Avaavaroa Passage sea temperature is
28.0° C
 (Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Avaavaroa Passage today?

The current surf forecast for Avaavaroa Passage at 3PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 20). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (20 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (20 Jan)2ft (0.6m)11s

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

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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
S
0.9
SSW
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
S
Period(s) (?)121212121211111111121210121211111118171616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)949393939187109787612382578212382816930749365975210039291005
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
25
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
W
20
W
30
WNW
35
NW
35
NW
40
NW
35
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:54AM
0.56
10:06PM
0.67
10:34AM
0.57
10:49PM
0.64
11:19AM
0.57
11:37PM
0.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:30AM
-0.02
3:30PM
0.05
4:06AM
0.00
4:12PM
0.06
4:45AM
0.02
5:01PM
0.09
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
Sunrise-6:13-------6:13-------6:13------
Sunset----7:25-------7:25-------7:25---
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Rain (mm)
-12111-231--12113213111-
Temp. °C272727272727272726252526262727272626262627272727
Feels °C (?)282828272829292926232323242727272626262527282828
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