Paea surfForecast / Tahiti / French Polynesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 28 Aug 2025 -10
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Paea surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Paea sea temperature is
26.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Paea today?

The current surf forecast for Paea at 7AM is: 1.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.8m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 28). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)16s
Afternoon (28 Aug)4ft (1.2m)16s
Evening (28 Aug)5ft (1.5m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414161616161515151515141414141313131312121616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)988112615471603157613701484145912981286135013031178121910631062820812691730743741651575
Wind
(km/h)
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
35
E
30
E
30
E
30
ESE
25
E
25
E
30
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
W
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:57AM
0.27
2:19PM
0.25
2:02AM
0.25
2:21PM
0.21
1:57AM
0.23
2:05PM
0.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:07PM
0.07
8:18AM
0.05
8:14PM
0.09
8:31AM
0.07
8:06PM
0.11
8:32AM
0.10
7:11PM
0.12
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunrise---6:07-------6:07-------6:07----
Sunset------5:50-------5:50-------5:51-
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
rain showers
Rain (mm)
111-111111--11-----111-1
Temp. °C252424252525252525252525262626262626252526262625
Feels °C (?)222020222323242424242424262627282829282829292927
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tahiti

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Paea (moderate winds from the E at Bora-bora/motu-m 271 km from Paea). 1.7m 7s swell from the SSE with a 1.2m 14s groundswell from the SSW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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