Karawop Surf Forecast

/ East Sepik (9 surf breaks) /

Papua New Guinea (28 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (3.41° S 143.42° E)

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Karawop surfForecast / East Sepik / Papua New Guinea

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 18 Aug 2025 +10

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Karawop surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Karawop sea temperature is 29.4° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Karawop today?

The current surf forecast for Karawop at 8AM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am August 18). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (+10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Aug)	0.5ft (0.2m)	8s
Afternoon (18 Aug)	1.5ft (0.5m)	4s
Evening (18 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	5s

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

Hourly 12 Days

East Sepik Surf

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	Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
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 See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	E
Period(s) (?)	10	4	10	8	8	4	4	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	14	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	25	31	16	10	25	23	29	65	13	13	13	13	13	19	17	12	15	13	12	21	21	24	20	0
Wind (km/h)	ESE	SE	S	SE	E	ENE	E	E	E	ESE	SE	SE	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:14AM 1.12					5:18PM 0.98			2:09AM 1.11					6:13PM 1.01			3:09AM 1.11					6:58PM 1.02
Low Tide / height (m)				9:19AM 0.11				9:05PM 0.90					10:16AM 0.07				10:15PM 0.90				11:10AM 0.06

	Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
Sunrise	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-

Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	1	1	1	-	-	1	2	1	2	1	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	26	26	25	28	28	28	27	27	26	26	25	27	29	28	27	27	26	26	26	28	29	29	27	27
Feels °C (?)	29	29	28	31	30	31	31	30	29	29	28	31	32	30	31	31	29	29	29	31	30	31	30	30

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for East Sepik

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Karawop (calm at Jayapura/Sentani Airport 335 km from Karawop). 0.2m 6s windswell from the NNE to make surfable waves.
1 hour 26 minutes ago Karawop

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