Papanoa Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.17° N 100.76° W

Papanoa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Papanoa sea temperature is
30.5°C
1.3° 

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 (06 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 19s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 19s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Papanoa at 10AM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (06 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)19s
Evening (06 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)19s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 38mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 30°C on Tue morning, min 24°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue afternoon, fresh winds from the ESE by Thu afternoon).

Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
2
1
1
1
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.7
SW
19
0.7
SW
19
0.7
SW
19
0.9
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
1
SW
18
1.2
SW
18
1.2
SW
18
1.2
SW
17
1.4
SW
17
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.5
SSW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
299
299
299
212
380
376
364
470
460
614
905
895
864
1151
1097
1070
1057
1044
1155
1018
1018
1005
1005
Wind (km/h)
10
E
10
ENE
10
E
10
S
10
SW
5
WNW
5
N
5
NNE
10
NE
5
E
5
SE
10
SSE
5
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
E
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
9:15AM0.75m
9:04PM0.62m
9:43AM0.68m
9:52PM0.62m
10:10AM0.60m
Low Tide
2:32AM0.06m
3:19PM0.24m
3:11AM0.14m
3:47PM0.24m
3:54AM0.25m
4:17PM0.25m
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 mm
5
2
1
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4
4
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1
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2
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1
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Temp °C
26
26
28
30
29
28
27
27
26
26
28
29
28
28
27
27
26
26
27
29
28
27
26
Feels °C
30
29
32
34
33
33
31
31
29
30
33
33
33
32
31
31
29
28
29
29
29
27
27
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