Papanoa Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.17° N 100.76° W

Papanoa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Papanoa sea temperature is
30.4°C
1.2° 

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 (09 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 11s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Papanoa at 12AM is: 1.4m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.6m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Afternoon (09 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (09 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 38mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 29°C on Sat afternoon, min 24°C on Fri afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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
3
3
4
4
4
4
2
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SW
16
1.8
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SW
14
1.4
SW
14
2
SW
11
2
SW
11
2
WSW
11
1.1
SSW
18
1.3
SSW
18
1.2
SSW
17
2
WSW
11
2
WSW
11
1.9
WSW
11
2
W
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1224
1532
993
967
805
782
773
763
763
901
868
890
768
943
798
937
921
853
1155
Wind (km/h)
15
E
15
ENE
20
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
20
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
E
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
10:54PM0.60m
10:32AM0.51m
00:27AM0.58m
10:26AM0.44m
Low Tide
4:17PM0.25m
4:51AM0.35m
4:51PM0.27m
7:49AM0.43m
5:41PM0.29m
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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6:33
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6:33
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6:25
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6:24
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 mm
2
1
1
3
4
4
3
2
2
2
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1
1
3
4
3
2
Temp °C
26
26
26
26
25
25
26
27
25
24
25
25
25
25
27
28
29
27
26
Feels °C
28
28
28
28
27
27
28
29
27
26
27
27
27
27
29
30
31
30
29
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