Papanoa Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.17° N 100.76° W

Papanoa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Papanoa sea temperature is
30.9°C
1.4° 

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


How big are the waves at Papanoa today (02 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Papanoa at 1AM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Sep)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (02 Sep)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (02 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 32°C on Tue afternoon, min 25°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
3
3
3
4
2
1
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SSW
13
1
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.8
SW
17
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
1
SW
16
0.8
SW
16
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
1.2
SW
18
1.6
SSW
18
1.7
SSW
17
1.5
SW
17
1.5
SW
17
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
346
346
290
290
338
386
386
381
432
427
515
295
344
331
895
1579
1644
1275
1260
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
10
WSW
5
NW
5
N
5
N
10
N
5
NW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
0
NE
10
SW
15
SW
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-off
off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
glassy
glassy
off
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:12PM0.45m
7:12AM0.76m
6:30PM0.46m
7:41AM0.81m
6:51PM0.49m
Low Tide
1:17PM0.31m
11:57PM0.18m
1:42PM0.29m
00:27AM0.10m
2:06PM0.28m
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6:28
6:28
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6:55
6:54
6:54
 mm
2
1
1
1
4
1
Temp °C
32
30
27
27
26
25
28
31
31
30
28
27
27
26
28
31
31
28
27
Feels °C
35
33
32
32
30
28
32
34
34
33
32
32
32
30
33
35
34
32
31
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