Motuau Island surfForecast / Tahiti / French Polynesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 13 Aug 2025 -10
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Motuau Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Motuau Island sea temperature is
27.1° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Motuau Island today?

The current surf forecast for Motuau Island at 1AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 13). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Afternoon (14 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (14 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)6s

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

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Wednesday
13
Thursday
14
Friday
15
Saturday
16
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
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)776666666666667788888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)8410688858282734651403836323645527575766262624537
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
20
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
ESE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:13PM
0.29
2:57AM
0.26
3:45PM
0.25
3:08AM
0.23
4:39PM
0.20
2:22AM
0.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:21PM
0.11
9:29AM
0.09
9:45PM
0.15
10:09AM
0.12
9:50PM
0.18
Wednesday
13
Thursday
14
Friday
15
Saturday
16
Sunrise-----6:16-------6:16-------6:16--
Sunset5:46-------5:46-------5:47-------
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Rain (mm)
-------------------2421-
Temp. °C262626252525252526262625252525252626262525252525
Feels °C (?)262525232424252527272625272728282827282725242523
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tahiti

  1. weather stationWind Update Onshore wind has changed to cross-on at Motuau Island (light winds from the NE at Tahiti Island-Faa'a International Airport 17 km from Motuau Island). 0.9m 5s windswell from the ENE with a 0.2m 9s swell from the NNE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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19 km/h
NE
0.0
27.1
Air / Water (°C)
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