Faaroa surfForecast / Raiatea / French Polynesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 12 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 4AM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Afternoon (13 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (13 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
SSE
1
S
Period(s) (?)131313131312121212121211111111111111101012121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13491349118110281021973841734636546528433418410345338281275260255284279254233
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
E
10
E
15
E
10
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglassglassononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise-----6:13-------6:13-------6:13--
Sunset5:59-------5:58-------5:57-------
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
32--32211--1--12-11---11
Temp. °C272727272627272727272727272726272727272727272727
Feels °C (?)313131312929293030313130293029303130293029292929
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