Faaroa surfForecast / Raiatea / French Polynesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 08 Mar 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
29.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Faaroa today?

The current surf forecast for Faaroa at 11PM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.3m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)--
Afternoon (08 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (08 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
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 (?)
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)14137777777212120191818181716161615151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19818717117817920524622926551661387484794810501015913859733715644530405400
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
E
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
E
35
E
30
E
25
E
30
ENE
25
ENE
30
E
30
E
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
20
E
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
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)
1:51AM
0.18
1:42PM
0.20
1:45AM
0.16
1:40PM
0.19
1:29AM
0.14
1:28PM
0.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:02PM
0.02
7:40AM
0.05
8:05PM
0.04
7:21AM
0.05
7:48PM
0.06
6:48AM
0.05
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise-----6:07-------6:07-------6:07--
Sunset6:24-------6:23-------6:22-------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----11--11111----111---
Temp. °C282828282828282828282827272728282828282727272828
Feels °C (?)282828262727272727272725262728282727272727272929
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