Pai-Pai Surf Forecast

/ Raiatea (7 surf breaks) /

French Polynesia (41 surf breaks)

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Pai-Pai surfForecast / Raiatea / French Polynesia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 14 Oct 2025 -10

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

Today's Pai-Pai sea temperature is 27.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Pai-Pai today?

The current surf forecast for Pai-Pai at 11AM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	16s
Afternoon (14 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	16s
Evening (14 Oct)	7ft (2.2m)	7s

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

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	Tuesday 14							Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Fri 17
	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	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSE	SSW	SSE	SSE	SSW	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SE	NW
Period(s) (?)	7	16	7	7	16	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	8	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	307	412	285	307	324	424	562	595	514	641	552	485	522	528	434	371	371	371	314	279	272	217	214	208
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				11:24AM 0.13				12:08AM 0.14			10:47AM 0.16					11:20PM 0.15			10:49AM 0.19					11:08PM 0.17
Low Tide / height (m)		6:20AM 0.09				5:40PM 0.04				5:18AM 0.08				5:23PM 0.04			4:59AM 0.06					5:22PM 0.03

	Tuesday 14							Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Fri 17
Sunrise	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	2	3	3	2	1	1	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Temp. °C	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	25
Feels °C (?)	23	23	25	25	23	20	19	21	21	20	21	23	24	24	25	25	24	25	25	27	27	27	27	26

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Raiatea

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Pai-Pai (moderate winds from the SSE at Bora Bora 33 km from Pai-Pai). 1.8m 7s swell from the SSE with a 0.9m 16s long period groundswell from the SSW and a 0.5m 13s groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 21 minutes ago Pai-Pai

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33 km away, 1 h 21 min ago

22 km/h

SSE

0.0

27.4

Air / Water (°C)

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