Matai Wreck Surf Forecast

/ Rarotonga (7 surf breaks) /

Cook Islands (7 surf breaks)

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Matai Wreck surfForecast / Rarotonga / Cook Islands

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 16 Oct 2025 -10

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

Today's Matai Wreck sea temperature is 24.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Matai Wreck today?

The current surf forecast for Matai Wreck at 2AM is: 0.6m 19s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 1.6m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 16). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	6ft (1.8m)	8s
Afternoon (16 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	8s
Evening (16 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	17s

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

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		Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
	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	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NNW	NNW	E	E	E	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW
Period(s) (?)	19	19	7	8	8	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	212	243	329	367	329	312	279	360	355	343	334	326	295	403	358	291	287	348	339	362	347	312	321	334
Wind (km/h)	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	SE	ESE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				5:24AM 0.65				5:55PM 0.60				6:08AM 0.65				6:33PM 0.63				6:46AM 0.64				7:06PM 0.65
Low Tide / height (m)	10:54PM 0.10					11:25AM 0.03				11:41PM 0.07				12:04PM 0.03				12:22AM 0.06				12:40PM 0.04

		Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22
Feels °C (?)	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	24	24	23	23	24	23	23	23	23	22	21

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Rarotonga

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Matai Wreck (light winds from the E at Avarua-Rarotonga International Airport 4 km from Matai Wreck). 0.4m 19s long period groundswell from the NNW to make surfable waves.
1 hour 25 minutes ago Matai Wreck

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1 h 25 min ago

7 km/h

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