Papanoa Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.17° N 100.76° W

Papanoa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Papanoa sea temperature is
30.6°C
1.5° 

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 (27 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 12s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Papanoa at 6PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 1.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 27). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Afternoon (27 Sep)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (27 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 69mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 30°C on Sun morning, min 25°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun morning, fresh winds from the ESE by Mon afternoon).

Sun
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
2
4
4
4
3
3
4
1
1
1
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Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SW
13
1.5
W
12
1.5
W
12
1.5
W
11
1
SW
16
1
SW
16
1.4
W
11
1.9
SE
8
2.4
SE
8
2
SE
9
2.5
SE
9
2.5
SE
9
3
SE
9
3
SSE
10
3.5
SSE
10
4
SSE
11
3.5
S
11
3.5
SSE
11
3
S
10
3
S
10
3
S
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
635
614
604
576
508
508
474
431
771
612
984
1150
1283
2080
2564
3261
2424
2409
2051
2048
1837
Wind (km/h)
5
NW
10
WSW
15
WSW
5
SW
10
E
10
NE
15
E
20
E
15
E
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
20
ESE
25
ESE
30
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
4:45AM0.60m
4:22PM0.34m
5:25AM0.70m
5:03PM0.36m
Low Tide
5:34PM0.34m
1:41PM0.34m
9:17PM0.29m
12:54PM0.30m
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6:31
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6:35
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6:34
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1
8
21
10
1
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2
2
1
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1
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2
4
3
Temp °C
28
30
30
28
26
26
26
26
28
30
30
28
27
27
26
27
28
30
29
27
27
Feels °C
33
34
34
33
31
29
28
27
30
30
30
28
28
27
26
28
28
29
30
29
30
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