Papanoa Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.17° N 100.76° W

Papanoa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 02 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Papanoa sea temperature is
30.7°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 (02 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 17s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Papanoa at 9PM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.2m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm October 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Oct)--
Afternoon (02 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)17s
Evening (02 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 30°C on Mon morning, min 25°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
2
Saturday
3
Sunday
4
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
3
4
4
4
3
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SW
17
1
SW
16
1
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
1
SW
15
1
SW
15
1.1
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1.6
W
11
1.6
W
11
1.6
W
11
1.6
W
11
1.6
W
11
1.5
W
11
1.6
W
11
1.6
WSW
10
1.6
WSW
10
1
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
560
508
483
400
465
465
539
628
636
636
629
628
628
629
535
584
577
544
384
Wind (km/h)
10
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
5
NE
5
S
5
SW
5
W
10
NW
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
5
E
10
S
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
6:34PM0.50m
7:40AM0.87m
7:07PM0.55m
8:13AM0.86m
7:43PM0.59m
Low Tide
1:38PM0.24m
00:35AM-0.00m
2:01PM0.23m
1:15AM-0.02m
2:26PM0.23m
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Temp °C
27
26
26
26
25
25
27
28
29
28
27
26
26
26
28
29
28
27
27
Feels °C
31
30
30
30
28
28
31
32
33
33
31
30
30
30
33
33
32
31
31
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