Avaavaroa Passage surfForecast / Rarotonga / Cook Islands

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 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
25.0° 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 9PM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 2.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)--
Afternoon (17 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (17 Sep)5ft (1.6m)12s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)12121212121111161615141413131313121212129121214
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)843703616500385302193397457573778714586663569551447377496278174166188277
Wind
(km/h)
45
ESE
55
ESE
65
ESE
60
E
50
ENE
45
ENE
40
NE
30
NE
40
NNE
30
ENE
30
E
20
N
35
NNW
30
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
25
W
25
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:18PM
0.57
6:31AM
0.69
6:58PM
0.60
7:11AM
0.69
7:34PM
0.62
7:47AM
0.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:59PM
0.02
12:32PM
-0.05
12:42AM
-0.00
1:10PM
-0.04
1:22AM
-0.01
1:45PM
-0.02
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise-----6:31-------6:31-------6:30--
Sunset6:32-------6:34-------6:34-------
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1229916127123510------------
Temp. °C222221212223232121202122232424242323232322222222
Feels °C (?)151412131618181815171922202221212020212120212121
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Rarotonga

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Avaavaroa Passage (calm at Rarotonga (91844 -0) 7 km from Avaavaroa Passage). A 1.6m groundswell from the SSW

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2 h 13 min ago

4 km/h
ESE
Clean
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