Motuau Island surfForecast / Tahiti / French Polynesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 06 Apr 2026 -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
29.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Motuau Island today?

The current surf forecast for Motuau Island at 2PM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 06). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (06 Apr)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)7s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
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 (?)
0.6
N
1
E
1
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.6
ENE
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
Period(s) (?)127777771110107777710107999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)959292796457575551493636363636303031272726252525
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
30
E
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:11AM
0.24
1:55PM
0.24
2:14AM
0.20
1:47PM
0.21
1:49AM
0.17
1:02PM
0.19
11:46PM
0.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:03AM
0.10
8:25PM
0.09
7:59AM
0.12
8:30PM
0.12
6:38AM
0.14
6:36PM
0.14
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
Sunrise-6:03-------6:05-------6:05------
Sunset----5:54-------5:53-------5:52---
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-1--------------13111112
Temp. °C272827272727272727272727272727272726272727272726
Feels °C (?)272827282929293030293030313029303029292929302928
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