Faaroa surfForecast / Raiatea / French Polynesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 18 Apr 2026 -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
28.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Faaroa today?

The current surf forecast for Faaroa at 2PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (18 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (18 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)10101099991212111010101015151514141313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7775724948474749476436363649568584140123120178215206190
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
25
E
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:10PM
0.25
12:42AM
0.22
12:32PM
0.25
1:01AM
0.20
12:54PM
0.24
1:18AM
0.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:20AM
0.04
6:36PM
-0.01
6:33AM
0.04
7:01PM
-0.00
6:45AM
0.04
7:26PM
0.01
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise-6:13-------6:13-------6:13------
Sunset----5:53-------5:53-------5:52---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------1----1----
Temp. °C272728282828282827282828282827272727272727272727
Feels °C (?)282830303030292927282930292929292828282828282929
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