Faaroa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 16.79° S 151.38° W

Issued: 7 am 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 (1.8m), 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 12PM is: 2.1m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 2.3m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 08). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 10s is not directed at the surf break. 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 (1.8m)	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 18mm), heaviest on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Thu morning, min 23°C on Thu afternoon). Mainly strong winds.
	Thursday 8							Friday 9								Saturday 10
	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	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	S 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 15	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15
Wave Graph
kJ	3808	3712	1875	1576	1363	1206	1075	1018	933	919	943	700	700	534	525	537	862	862	773	883	763	754	573
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	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	cross	cross
High Tide				11:23AM0.25m				11:26PM0.23m				11:42AM0.26m				11:42PM0.24m				12:02PM0.26m
Low Tide		5:15AM0.03m				5:43PM0.03m				5:33AM0.01m				5:56PM0.03m				5:52AM0.00m				6:08PM0.03m


	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	6:02	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:04	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:04	—	—
mm	—	—	—	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	—	1	1	—	—	1	—	—
Temp °C	24	24	24	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23
Feels °C	21	20	20	19	19	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	19	19	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	S 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 16	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 15	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15
kJ	3808	3712	1875	1576	1363	1206	1075	1018	933	919	943	700	700	534	386	537	862	862	773	883	763	754	573
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 14	N 10	N 10	NE 13	NE 13	NNE 10	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	SW 19	NNE 9	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 12	S 15	SSW 17	NE 11	SSE 7	ENE 11	NE 11	NNW 16	NNW 16	NNW 16
kJ	21	8	8	7	7	10	123	124	126	90	8	181	181	313	218	197	19	64	12	19	26	51	51
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	NE 14	SSW 20	NNE 10	NW 10	NE 13	NNE 10	NNE 9	NE 12	NNE 9	ENE 12	ENE 12	NNE 10	NE 12	SSW 17	SSW 15	NNW 18	NE 11	NNW 12	NNW 17	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11
kJ	—	8	37	10	4	7	10	9	23	8	14	14	9	22	195	42	31	20	14	29	19	19	18
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7
kJ	216	163	772	895	921	941	935	798	672	549	527	560	560	522	525	489	427	297	318	319	394	404	404
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1
Distance (km)	3272	3325	3325	3781	3335	3325	3325	3335	3335	3325	3325	3325	3325	3325	3754	3335	3335	3754	3754	3754	3325	3325	3754
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	7	5	5	6	4	7	7	8	7	9	5	9	9

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