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 pm Wednesday 20 Aug 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 27.1° 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: 1.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 20). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (20 Aug)	4.5ft (1.4m)	17s
Evening (20 Aug)	5ft (1.5m)	17s

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

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	Wednesday 20			Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
	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)	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	19	18	18
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1437	1618	1269	1044	1080	1001	808	760	642	572	610	489	304	320	304	258	379	403	430	477	682	850	922	1109
Wind (km/h)	E	E	E	E	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	E	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	ESE
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	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)				12:21AM 0.17				12:03PM 0.21				12:26AM 0.18				12:23PM 0.23				12:36AM 0.20				12:44PM 0.24
Low Tide / height (m)		6:23PM 0.01				6:10AM 0.04				6:36PM 0.00				6:22AM 0.02				6:50PM 0.00				6:37AM 0.01

	Wednesday 20			Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-
Sunset	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Feels °C (?)	26	26	25	23	23	23	24	24	23	22	22	22	23	22	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	23	23

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Raiatea

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Pai-Pai (moderate winds from the E at Bora Bora 33 km from Pai-Pai). 1.0m 16s long period groundswell from the SSW with a 0.7m 8s swell from the SSE and a 0.6m 11s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 30 minutes ago Pai-Pai

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33 km away, 1 h 30 min ago

22 km/h

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27.1

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