Faaroa surfForecast / Raiatea / French Polynesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 21 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
29.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Faaroa today?

The current surf forecast for Faaroa at 4PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 21). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (21 Apr)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (21 Apr)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
S
0.6
SE
0.4
SW
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)12111111111010101010101099991410101010141410
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)309215204166143141104100981281286359561066268798080801009577
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
SE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:17PM
0.22
1:29AM
0.15
1:37PM
0.20
1:21AM
0.13
1:45PM
0.17
12:14AM
0.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:49PM
0.04
6:58AM
0.05
8:03PM
0.07
6:44AM
0.06
7:28PM
0.11
6:03AM
0.07
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise-------6:15-------6:15-------6:15
Sunset--5:52-------5:52-------5:51-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272727272727272727272726262625252526262626252525
Feels °C (?)272727272828272727282826262625252627272828272728
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