Faaroa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 16.79° S 151.38° W

Issued: 1 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Faaroa sea temperature is

26.6°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 (08 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 15s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 14s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 14s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Faaroa at 6PM is: 1.8m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 2.3m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Oct)	8ft (2.5m)	15s
Afternoon (08 Oct)	6ft (1.9m)	14s
Evening (08 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Thu afternoon, min 24°C on Thu afternoon). Mainly strong winds.
	Thu 8					Friday 9								Saturday 10
	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	SSW 13	S 13	SSW 13	ESE 8	ESE 8	S 12	S 14	S 14	S 15	S 16	S 16	SSW 16	SSW 15
Wave Graph
kJ	1875	1613	1363	1206	1075	1018	933	919	943	799	700	492	447	522	1191	1191	1087	1241	1241	754	573
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	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		11:23AM0.25m				11:26PM0.23m				11:42AM0.26m				11:42PM0.24m				12:02PM0.26m
Low Tide				5:43PM0.03m				5:33AM0.01m				5:56PM0.03m				5:52AM0.00m				6:08PM0.03m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	6:02	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:04	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:04	—	—
mm	—	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	—	—	—
Temp °C	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Feels °C	20	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	20	21	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	20
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	SSW 13	S 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	S 12	S 14	S 14	S 15	S 16	S 16	SSW 16	SSW 15
kJ	1875	1613	1363	1206	1075	1018	933	919	943	799	700	492	386	522	1191	1191	1087	1241	1241	754	573
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 10	NE 13	NE 13	NNE 10	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	SW 19	NE 12	SSW 16	SW 17	SSW 16	S 15	SSE 7	NE 11	NE 11	ENE 11	NE 11	NNW 16	NNW 16	NNW 16
kJ	8	7	7	10	123	124	126	90	23	181	147	457	218	93	20	19	12	19	26	51	51
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 20	NNE 10	NW 10	NE 13	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	ENE 12	NNE 10	NE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	SSW 17	SSW 17	NNW 18	NNW 18	NNW 12	NNW 17	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11
kJ	37	10	4	7	10	9	10	14	9	23	14	13	195	197	31	31	14	29	19	18	18
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	ESE 7	SE 7
kJ	772	754	772	802	824	732	654	550	522	504	516	452	447	263	262	241	240	212	217	329	428
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	1
Distance (km)	3325	3781	3325	3325	3325	3335	3335	3325	3325	3325	3325	3335	3325	3335	3335	3754	3325	3754	3325	3325	3754
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	7	5	6	7	9	9	9	9

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