- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Avaavaroa Passage Surf Forecast
/ Rarotonga (7 surf breaks) /
Surf Forecasts:
Avaavaroa Passage surfForecast / Rarotonga / Cook Islands
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 28 May 2026 -10Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
26.1° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Avaavaroa Passage today (28 May):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (28 May, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 18s period with S swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 May, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 18s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (28 May, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 16s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Avaavaroa Passage at 9AM is: 1.1m 18s primary swell from a South direction and 1.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 2.1m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am May 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (-10) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (28 May) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 18s |
| Afternoon (28 May) | 7.5ft (2.3m) | 18s |
| Evening (28 May) | 8ft (2.5m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Avaavaroa Passage. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Thu morning, min 22°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Thu morning, fresh winds from the SE by Sat night). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 28 | Friday 29 | Saturday 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |    |    |    | |||||||||||||||||||||
SSW 14 | WNW 8 | S 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | |
907 | 824 | 759 | 2384 | 3158 | 3625 | 3678 | 3761 | 3668 | 3752 | 3705 | 3612 | 3369 | 7091 | 7510 | 7687 | 7266 | 6938 | 6337 | 5706 | 4950 | 4543 | 4213 | 3549 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | |
High Tide | 6:59AM0.58m | 7:21PM0.45m | 7:35AM0.59m | 7:59PM0.43m | 8:10AM0.59m | 8:37PM0.42m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 00:29AM0.05m | 1:08PM0.02m | 1:06AM0.06m | 1:47PM0.02m | 1:41AM0.07m | 2:26PM0.02m | ||||||||||||||||||
 | |  | |  | |  | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | 7:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:04 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:04 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:04 | — | — |
6 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
19 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 |
 kJ | 907 | 683 | 586 | 2384 | 3158 | 3625 | 3678 | 3761 | 3668 | 3752 | 3705 | 3612 | 3369 | 7091 | 7510 | 7687 | 7266 | 6938 | 6337 | 5706 | 4950 | 4543 | 4213 | 3549 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | S 18 | WNW 8 | SSE 9 | NW 7 | NW 7 | NW 7 | WNW 7 | NNE 9 | N 9 | NNE 9 | S 20 | NNE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | NW 15 | NE 9 |
| kJ | 94 | 111 | 759 | 347 | 393 | 132 | 69 | 47 | 29 | 48 | 61 | 47 | 1196 | 45 | 39 | 39 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 56 | 21 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 10 | S 18 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | NW 7 | NE 10 | NNE 10 | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | WNW 6 | NNW 13 | NNW 13 | NNE 9 | NNW 12 | NNW 12 | NNW 12 | NNW 16 | NNW 16 | NNW 16 | NNW 16 | NW 15 | NW 15 | NE 9 | NW 15 |
| kJ | 39 | 304 | 161 | 264 | 199 | 46 | 36 | 35 | 49 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 46 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 60 | 57 | 21 | 55 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 7 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | — | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 6 | SE 6 |
| kJ | 655 | 824 | 564 | — | 549 | 474 | 429 | 363 | 273 | 244 | 227 | 210 | 220 | 201 | 196 | 176 | 180 | 201 | 201 | 71 | 84 | 114 | 154 | 141 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1119 | 1049 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 8 | 1000 | 1002 | 1000 | 8 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1005 | 1005 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1005 | 1005 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Cook-Islands - Rarotonga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Cook Islands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Avaavaroa Passage surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest