Faaroa Surf Forecast

/ Raiatea (7 surf breaks) /

French Polynesia (41 surf breaks)

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Faaroa surfForecast / Raiatea / French Polynesia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 13 Sep 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 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Faaroa today?

The current surf forecast for Faaroa at 8PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (13 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	12s
Evening (13 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	12s

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

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	Saturday 13			Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	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	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	233	237	320	314	545	458	458	458	358	282	278	202	153	145	169	224	392	437	466	215	268	618	680	581
Wind (km/h)	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	E	E	E	ENE	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				1:45AM 0.20				1:27PM 0.14				1:33AM 0.18				12:17PM 0.13				12:50AM 0.16				11:18AM 0.16
Low Tide / height (m)		7:16PM 0.06					8:02AM 0.07			6:47PM 0.06				7:16AM 0.09				6:09PM 0.05				6:08AM 0.09

	Saturday 13			Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-
Sunset	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Raiatea

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Faaroa (light winds from the ENE at Bora Bora 55 km from Faaroa). 0.8m 12s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.5m 5s windswell from the NE and a 0.4m 6s windswell from the S as well as a 0.3m 8s swell from the E. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 20 minutes ago Faaroa

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