Faaroa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 16.79° S 151.38° W

Issued: 1 pm 10 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Faaroa sea temperature is

26.3°C

Faaroa 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 Faaroa today (10 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 14s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 16s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 15s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Faaroa at 7PM is: 1.3m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 2.1m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 10). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	14s
Afternoon (10 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	16s
Evening (10 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	15s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Sat afternoon, min 23°C on Sat afternoon). Mainly strong winds.
	Sat 10					Sunday 11								Monday 12
	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 15	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 15	SSW 19	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	S 19	S 19	S 18	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 15
Wave Graph
kJ	784	763	763	754	573	557	472	485	511	835	900	2208	1800	2276	2426	2580	2510	2294	2036	1565	1241
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide		12:02PM0.26m				11:59PM0.25m				12:21PM0.25m				00:16AM0.25m				12:38PM0.23m
Low Tide				6:08PM0.03m				6:12AM-0.01m				6:21PM0.03m				6:32AM-0.01m				6:33PM0.03m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:39	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	6:04	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:04	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:04	—	—
mm	2	2	1	—	1	1	1	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	1	1	1
Temp °C	24	24	23	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Feels °C	21	21	18	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	19	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 15	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	S 19	S 19	S 18	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 15
kJ	784	763	763	754	573	557	472	485	389	835	877	2208	1800	2276	2426	2580	2510	2294	2036	1565	1241
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NNW 16	NNW 16	SSW 20	SSW 20	SSW 19	SSW 19	SSW 14	S 19	NNW 15	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	NNW 13	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15
kJ	19	19	19	51	51	76	129	292	511	356	900	42	848	788	525	330	35	121	121	377	468
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 12	NNW 17	NNW 16	NE 11	NE 11	NNW 16	NNW 16	NNW 15	NNW 15	NNW 15	NNW 15	NE 10	NNW 14	NNW 14	NNW 13	NNW 13	NE 11	NNW 13	NNW 13	NNW 13	NNW 12
kJ	14	29	26	19	18	25	25	44	42	42	42	17	41	37	35	35	18	35	17	17	31
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 8	ESE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7
kJ	532	476	502	516	440	429	429	396	396	456	507	629	585	572	546	546	495	518	504	452	478
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	3	2	2	3	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	3325	3325	3325	3335	3754	3325	3335	3325	3335	3325	3325	3335	3796	3757	3325	3335	3325	3754	3325	3325	3335
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