Avaavaroa Passage Surf Forecast

/ Rarotonga (7 surf breaks) /

Cook Islands (7 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (21.27° S 159.78° W)

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Avaavaroa Passage surfForecast / Rarotonga / Cook Islands

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 18 Aug 2025 -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 24.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Avaavaroa Passage today?

The current surf forecast for Avaavaroa Passage at 11PM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 21s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.3m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Aug)	4.5ft (1.4m)	12s
Evening (18 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	21s

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

Hourly 12 Days

Cook-Islands – Rarotonga Surf

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	Monday 18			Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	SSW	SSE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	22	11	20	20	19	18	18	18	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	872	1172	1625	1086	1097	1213	1210	1262	1186	920	966	987	989	753	750	612	478	405	339	334	366	328	368	394
Wind (km/h)	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NE	NE	ENE	E	E	NE	E	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:40PM 0.46				5:58AM 0.66				6:33PM 0.51				6:47AM 0.69				7:18PM 0.54				7:32AM 0.70
Low Tide / height (m)				11:22PM 0.00				12:09PM -0.09				12:13AM -0.03				12:55PM -0.12				12:59AM -0.06				1:36PM -0.12

	Monday 18			Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22
Feels °C (?)	19	18	18	18	19	18	19	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	25	24	24	25	23	22	22	22	22

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Rarotonga

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Avaavaroa Passage (light winds from the E at Avarua-Rarotonga International Airport 8 km from Avaavaroa Passage). 1.6m 12s groundswell from the SSE with a 0.6m 21s long period groundswell from the SSW and a 0.4m 15s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 22 minutes ago Avaavaroa Passage

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2 h 22 min ago

7 km/h

Clean

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