Motuau Island Surf Forecast

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Motuau Island surfForecast / Tahiti / French Polynesia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 02 Oct 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 27.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Motuau Island today?

The current surf forecast for Motuau Island at 9PM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 02). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (02 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Evening (02 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	6s

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

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	Thursday 02			Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sunday 05
	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	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	ENE	NW	NW	N	N	N	E	NNW	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	N	E	N	NNW	N	N	N
Period(s) (?)	5	6	13	12	10	9	9	6	12	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	13	5	14	15	15	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	42	34	25	24	7	7	6	239	14	206	210	177	178	150	123	123	143	31	0	36	42	38	29	32
Wind (km/h)	SE	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				11:10PM 0.29				11:11AM 0.32				11:28PM 0.31				11:35AM 0.36				11:47PM 0.33				12:00PM 0.38
Low Tide / height (m)		5:10PM 0.03				5:11AM 0.05				5:29PM 0.02				5:27AM 0.03				5:50PM 0.01				5:48AM 0.01

	Thursday 02			Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sunday 05
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-
Sunset	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	3	4	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	25	24	24	25	25	26	26	26	26	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	26	26	26
Feels °C (?)	27	23	19	18	20	22	23	23	23	23	22	23	24	23	23	24	23	23	23	22	21	22	22	23

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tahiti

Wind Update Calm condsitions have become offshore at Motuau Island (fresh winds from the S at Tahiti Island-Faa'a International Airport 17 km from Motuau Island). 0.6m 5s windswell from the ENE with a 0.3m 10s swell from the N. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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17 km away, 1 h 5 min ago

35 km/h

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27.2

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