Pai-Pai surfForecast / Raiatea / French Polynesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 01 Mar 2026 -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
29.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Pai-Pai today?

The current surf forecast for Pai-Pai at 11PM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 01). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)--
Afternoon (01 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (01 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)12111110111110131310101010101010916151413131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)180157114106143143141888769687069684645411381691651411398783
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
20
ESE
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
25
E
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:15AM
0.23
12:27PM
0.20
12:34AM
0.25
12:39PM
0.22
12:53AM
0.26
12:53PM
0.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:14PM
0.02
6:41AM
0.00
6:27PM
0.00
6:54AM
0.00
6:43PM
-0.01
7:07AM
0.01
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise-----6:05-------6:05-------6:05--
Sunset6:30-------6:30-------6:29-------
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
112--11235541--12251----
Temp. °C272727272727272727272725252627262726272727272728
Feels °C (?)282828272827272828282724252628272827272727262728
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