Papanoa Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.17° N 100.76° W

Papanoa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Papanoa sea temperature is
29.7°C
0.4° 

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 (29 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 15s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Papanoa at 11PM is: 1.3m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Oct)--
Afternoon (29 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)16s
Evening (29 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 29°C on Thu afternoon, min 25°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
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)
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SSW
16
1.4
SW
15
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
15
1.2
SW
15
1.2
SW
15
1.2
SW
15
1.2
SW
15
0.9
SSW
18
1.1
SW
18
1.3
SSW
15
1.5
SSW
16
1.6
SW
16
1.7
SW
16
1.7
SW
16
1.8
SW
16
1.7
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
811
860
780
770
760
750
640
631
623
623
553
711
750
1112
1193
1431
1449
1611
1449
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
10
W
10
NW
5
N
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
10
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
NE
10
S
10
SW
5
W
5
NNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross
glassy
High Tide
4:39PM0.38m
5:56AM0.87m
5:31PM0.45m
6:34AM0.88m
6:17PM0.52m
Low Tide
12:28PM0.26m
10:29PM0.08m
12:44PM0.24m
11:24PM0.04m
1:08PM0.21m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
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Temp °C
29
27
26
26
25
25
27
29
29
27
26
26
26
26
28
29
29
28
27
Feels °C
32
30
29
30
29
28
31
32
32
30
29
30
30
30
33
33
33
33
32
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