Avaavaroa Passage 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 21.27° S 159.78° W

Issued: 1 pm 16 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 4PM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 16). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 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 33mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 23°C on Sat night, min 21°C on Fri afternoon). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the E on Sat afternoon, near gales from the SSE by Sun afternoon).
	Fri 16					Saturday 17								Sunday 18
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SE 7	SE 7	SW 13	SE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	229	229	215	263	256	246	239	127	93	88	64	98	87	77	47	161	309	431	530	578	565
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	ENE	E	E	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide		1:17PM0.37m				1:31AM0.49m					2:25PM0.38m				2:34AM0.50m				3:25PM0.41m
Low Tide				7:10PM0.31m					8:15AM0.23m				8:18PM0.30m				9:09AM0.20m				9:16PM0.27m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	6:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	2	13	9	6	1	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	21
Feels °C	16	16	18	17	18	18	19	19	20	21	21	21	22	23	23	22	20	17	15	14	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SW 14	SW 13	NNW 14	NNW 14	NNW 14	NNW 13	NNW 13	NNW 13	NNW 13	N 13	N 12	NNE 12	NE 10
kJ	229	229	215	263	256	246	239	127	93	88	120	183	615	946	1077	1445	1836	2928	2900	1774	404
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	NNW 16	NNW 15	NNW 15	NNW 15	NNW 15	N 10	N 10	SE 7	SE 7	SSW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 12	SSW 14	SW 14	NNE 11
kJ	34	49	32	32	31	95	88	86	85	84	48	74	69	77	47	40	38	56	140	284	469
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 16	NNW 16	NNW 16	NNW 16	NNW 16	NNW 10	NNW 10	SSW 15	SSW 16	NNW 10	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SW 13	SW 13	SSW 12	SW 16	WSW 15	WSW 14	WSW 13	SW 14
kJ	53	87	102	86	84	20	33	77	80	31	64	98	87	42	41	48	61	85	140	70	418
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 7	SE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7
kJ	466	368	349	287	295	297	278	278	236	205	179	178	87	93	189	161	309	431	530	578	565
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Rating (10 max)	4	3	3	3	1	1	1	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	1	1	2
Distance (km)	1000	1005	1000	1049	1122	1122	1122	1119	1049	1000	1000	1000	1008	1008	8	1000	1000	1008	2777	2794	1141
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	4	5	6	8	5	5	4	4	5	4	5

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