Avaavaroa Passage 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 21.27° S 159.78° W

Issued: 7 pm 15 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Avaavaroa Passage sea temperature is

24.1°C

Avaavaroa Passage 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 Avaavaroa Passage today (16 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 16s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 16s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 15s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Avaavaroa Passage at 3AM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 15). An open ocean swell of 2.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	16s
Afternoon (16 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	16s
Evening (16 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	15s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 23°C on Sat morning, min 21°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the E on Sat afternoon, strong winds from the SSE by Sun afternoon).
	Thu 15			Friday 16								Saturday 17
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SW 14	SE 7	SE 7	SSW 13	SSW 12
Wave Graph
kJ	169	165	183	223	226	226	229	229	215	263	256	246	236	127	93	70	55	98	87
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	SE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide				00:30AM0.51m				1:17PM0.37m				1:31AM0.49m					2:25PM0.38m
Low Tide		6:01PM0.29m				7:11AM0.23m				7:10PM0.31m					8:15AM0.23m				8:18PM0.30m


	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—
	6:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:42	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3
Temp °C	22	22	22	21	22	22	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	22	22	22
Feels °C	17	17	17	16	18	17	16	16	17	18	18	19	20	20	21	23	21	20	21
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SE 7	SE 7	ENE 7	N 10	N 10
kJ	169	165	183	223	226	226	229	229	215	263	256	246	236	127	77	65	99	71	94
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 18	SW 18	SSE 11	SSE 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	NNW 16	NNW 15	NNW 15	SW 14	SSW 13	SE 7	SSW 13	NNW 14
kJ	81	80	24	39	59	58	52	49	32	32	31	95	88	86	93	70	55	98	111
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	SSE 11	NNW 12	NNW 18	NNW 11	NNW 17	NNW 16	NNW 16	NNW 16	NNW 16	NNW 16	SSE 10	NNW 10	SSW 15	NNW 15	N 10	N 10	NNW 14	SSW 12
kJ	17	23	28	61	24	58	53	103	102	86	84	31	33	77	85	48	48	118	87
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 7	ESE 7	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	ESE 7	ENE 7	ENE 6	—	E 7	E 7
kJ	444	498	551	609	567	527	421	368	311	254	233	226	247	225	128	90	—	131	134
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	1	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	1	3	2
Distance (km)	1157	1961	2341	1122	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1002	8	1002	1049
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	7	4

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