Faaroa Surf Forecast

/ Raiatea (7 surf breaks) /

French Polynesia (41 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Faaroa surfForecast / Raiatea / French Polynesia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 15 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 5AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	15s
Afternoon (15 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	14s
Evening (15 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	13s

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

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		Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
	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	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	395	406	384	372	370	425	494	522	557	446	573	672	874	1152	1530	2092	2231	2334	2142	1993	1852	1623	1505	1321
Wind (km/h)	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	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	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:33AM 0.18				12:17PM 0.13				12:50AM 0.16				11:18AM 0.16				12:02AM 0.16				11:12AM 0.19
Low Tide / height (m)				7:16AM 0.09				6:09PM 0.05				6:08AM 0.09				5:48PM 0.04				5:35AM 0.07				5:45PM 0.02

		Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-

Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	25	26	26	25	26	26	26
Feels °C (?)	27	26	26	26	26	27	27	28	26	27	26	26	25	27	26	26	25	24	25	23	21	23	23	23

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Raiatea

Wind Update Onshore wind has changed to cross-on at Faaroa (light winds from the ENE at Bora Bora 55 km from Faaroa). 0.7m 6s windswell from the NE with a 0.6m 11s groundswell from the SW and a 0.3m 15s groundswell, also from the SW as well as a 0.2m 12s groundswell, also from the SSE. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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