Papanoa Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.17° N 100.76° W

Papanoa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Papanoa sea temperature is
30.2°C
1.0° 

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 (11 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 15s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Papanoa at 8PM is: 1.0m 19s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.3m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Oct)--
Afternoon (11 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Evening (11 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Sun afternoon, min 25°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Sun
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
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)
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
18
1.3
SSW
18
1.3
SSW
18
1.3
SSW
18
1.4
SSW
18
2
SSW
17
1.9
SSW
17
1.9
SSW
16
1.8
SSW
16
1.7
SSW
16
1.8
SSW
16
1.7
SSW
16
1.7
SSW
16
1.7
SSW
16
1.7
SSW
16
1.6
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
955
829
766
1054
986
964
964
1172
2283
2041
1900
1734
1536
1671
1517
1498
1498
1498
1257
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
5
WSW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
NNE
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
10
NW
Wind State
on
glassy
cross-off
glassy
off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
4:22AM0.67m
4:32PM0.36m
5:13AM0.73m
5:25PM0.39m
Low Tide
7:45PM0.29m
12:18PM0.30m
9:34PM0.26m
12:36PM0.25m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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Temp °C
29
28
26
26
26
26
27
29
29
27
26
26
26
25
26
29
29
27
26
Feels °C
33
34
30
31
30
31
32
33
33
31
30
30
30
28
31
32
31
30
29
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