Faaroa Surf Forecast

/ Raiatea (7 surf breaks) /

French Polynesia (41 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Faaroa surfForecast / Raiatea / French Polynesia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 16 Oct 2025 -10

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Faaroa surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Faaroa sea temperature is 27.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Faaroa today?

The current surf forecast for Faaroa at 6PM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

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

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

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	Thursday 16					Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SW	SW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	13	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	12	20	20
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	255	223	217	217	169	157	153	125	122	89	92	83	83	73	73	56	99	90	59	43	40	90	186	186
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	E	N	NNW	N	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	N	N	NE	NE	NNE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	10:41AM 0.20				11:00PM 0.18				10:55AM 0.22					11:06PM 0.20				11:13AM 0.24				11:17PM 0.22
Low Tide / height (m)				5:15PM 0.04			4:57AM 0.05					5:23PM 0.03				5:09AM 0.03				5:34PM 0.03				5:24AM 0.02

	Thursday 16					Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33
Sunset	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	25	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	26
Feels °C (?)	24	27	27	28	29	29	28	28	26	26	26	27	27	28	28	28	28	27	28	28	28	28	27	27

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Raiatea

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Faaroa (moderate winds from the SE at Bora Bora 55 km from Faaroa). 1.0m 7s swell from the SSE with a 0.6m 15s groundswell from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 8 minutes ago Faaroa

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