Papanoa Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.17° N 100.76° W

Papanoa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Papanoa sea temperature is
29.5°C
0.2° 

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 (03 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 16s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Papanoa at 12PM is: 1.4m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Afternoon (03 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)16s
Evening (03 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Warm (max 30°C on Tue afternoon, min 26°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Fri
6
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
0
2
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.2
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
14
1.1
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
1.3
SSW
14
1.1
SW
14
0.9
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
15
1.1
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
869
773
784
942
980
993
801
780
682
581
530
530
530
463
456
638
443
397
525
397
641
568
515
561
561
508
Wind (km/h)
5
NNW
5
N
0
NNW
5
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
0
NW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
0
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State
cross-off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
8:14AM0.76m
8:37PM0.65m
8:42AM0.69m
9:27PM0.66m
9:06AM0.61m
10:23PM0.65m
Low Tide
1:44AM0.12m
2:31PM0.16m
2:28AM0.20m
2:59PM0.16m
3:15AM0.29m
3:27PM0.16m
4:11AM0.37m
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2
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Temp °C
26
26
27
29
30
28
27
27
26
26
27
28
28
27
27
26
26
26
27
29
29
27
27
27
26
26
Feels °C
30
30
32
33
33
32
31
32
30
30
32
32
31
31
32
31
31
31
32
32
31
30
31
32
30
30
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