Faaroa surfForecast / Raiatea / French Polynesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 18 Jul 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 slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Faaroa today?

The current surf forecast for Faaroa at 4PM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (18 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (18 Jul)2ft (0.6m)14s

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

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Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.5
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
SW
Period(s) (?)101015141313131313131313111615151414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)129181292328284198299309355409357308313287368338384393343378440484694624
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
20
E
20
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
30
E
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
ESE
25
E
25
E
25
E
20
E
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
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
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:36PM
0.15
2:53AM
0.17
3:12PM
0.12
2:24AM
0.16
9:39AM
0.12
12:41AM
0.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:41AM
0.08
8:37PM
0.12
10:29AM
0.10
6:37PM
0.11
8:10AM
0.12
5:45PM
0.08
6:10AM
0.12
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Sunrise-------6:33-------6:33-------6:33
Sunset--5:49-------5:49-------5:49-----
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Rain (mm)
---------1--------------
Temp. °C252626252625252526262626252525252525252626252525
Feels °C (?)252726252624242325252525232324232324242526242524
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Raiatea

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Faaroa (light winds from the E at Bora Bora 55 km from Faaroa). 0.6m 10s swell from the SSE with a 0.4m 3s local chop from the E. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.

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