Papanoa Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.17° N 100.76° W

Papanoa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Papanoa sea temperature is
30.7°C
1.6° 

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 (30 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 10s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 10s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 9s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Papanoa at 1AM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Sep)8ft (2.5m)10s
Afternoon (30 Sep)7ft (2.2m)10s
Evening (30 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 110mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 30°C on Fri morning, min 24°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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)
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4
4
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
S
10
3
SSW
11
3
SSW
11
3
SSW
10
3
SW
10
2.5
SW
10
2.5
SW
10
2.4
SW
10
2.2
SW
10
2.1
SW
9
2
WSW
9
2
WSW
9
1.9
WSW
9
0.9
SW
16
1.6
SW
9
1.8
SW
10
1.8
SW
10
1.7
SW
9
1.6
SW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1768
2031
2016
1837
1601
1431
1178
1088
876
760
680
646
578
406
376
589
614
488
388
Wind (km/h)
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
5
W
10
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
glassy
off
off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
5:03PM0.36m
6:00AM0.78m
5:32PM0.40m
6:34AM0.84m
6:02PM0.45m
Low Tide
12:54PM0.30m
10:23PM0.21m
1:01PM0.27m
11:12PM0.12m
1:17PM0.25m
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6:33
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6:31
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 mm
3
6
6
6
24
47
15
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Temp °C
28
28
27
26
25
24
25
27
27
27
27
26
26
25
27
27
28
28
27
Feels °C
30
31
30
29
30
28
29
31
31
31
31
29
30
28
31
29
30
30
30
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