Papanoa Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.17° N 100.76° W

Papanoa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 14 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 (15 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 8s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Papanoa at 1AM is: 1.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm October 14). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Afternoon (15 Oct)4ft (1.2m)14s
Evening (15 Oct)7ft (2.2m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 108mm), heaviest during Sat morning. Warm (max 30°C on Wed afternoon, min 23°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, near gales from the NE by Sat morning).

Wed
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
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
2
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
2
2
4
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4
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
SSW
15
1.5
SSW
15
1.5
SSW
15
1.5
SSW
15
1.4
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
14
2.1
SSE
8
2.2
SSE
8
2.2
SSE
9
3
SE
9
3
SE
9
3
SE
10
2.4
SSE
10
2.4
SSE
10
1.2
SSW
18
2.4
SSE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
911
911
911
911
807
752
647
553
545
587
682
767
1243
1331
1786
1124
1169
886
1124
Wind (km/h)
10
S
5
SE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
N
5
E
10
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
20
ESE
10
ENE
5
NNE
0
ENE
0
E
5
ENE
10
SSE
5
ESE
5
SE
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
off
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
glassy
glassy
High Tide
6:00PM0.42m
6:27AM0.79m
6:29PM0.45m
6:59AM0.80m
6:55PM0.47m
Low Tide
12:57PM0.22m
11:20PM0.17m
1:18PM0.21m
11:56PM0.14m
1:39PM0.20m
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thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
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part cloud
part cloud
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
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Temp °C
30
28
27
26
26
25
27
29
27
26
26
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26
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27
25
25
Feels °C
35
33
31
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30
28
31
32
29
28
28
28
29
30
31
30
31
30
30
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