Avaavaroa Passage surfForecast / Rarotonga / Cook Islands

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 21 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
28.2° C
(Which is 1.3°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 6PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 21). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.8m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (21 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (21 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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

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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
3
1
1
3
4
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
Period(s) (?)121012121111111817161616151514141414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)82488212382816930749365975210039291005994110610601400117911621011865851728
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
30
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
20
W
25
W
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
20
SW
10
SSW
0
SW
5
WSW
5
W
0
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:34AM
0.57
10:49PM
0.64
11:19AM
0.57
11:37PM
0.59
12:10PM
0.56
12:31AM
0.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:12PM
0.06
4:45AM
0.02
5:01PM
0.09
5:31AM
0.06
5:59PM
0.11
6:25AM
0.09
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunrise-------6:13-------6:15-------6:16
Sunset--7:25-------7:25-------7:25-----
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11331------2------------
Temp. °C272626272727272627272727272727272727272727262626
Feels °C (?)262526272827282628272728282727282928283031292930
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