Papanoa Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.17° N 100.76° W

Papanoa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 31 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Papanoa sea temperature is
30.9°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 (31 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (31 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Papanoa at 10AM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (31 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (31 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 32°C on Tue morning, min 25°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Monday
31
Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
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)
3
3
1
2
0
2
2
1
3
3
2
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
0
0
3
4
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SSW
13
1.2
SSW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1
SSW
13
1
SSW
13
1
SSW
13
1
SSW
13
1
SSW
13
1.2
SW
13
1
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
1
SSW
13
0.8
SW
17
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
1
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
479
479
406
406
412
406
400
357
346
341
346
346
473
346
290
341
338
386
386
381
432
427
508
Wind (km/h)
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
WSW
10
NNW
15
SW
5
NW
5
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
NNW
10
WNW
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
NW
Wind State
glassy
cross-off
cross-on
cross-off
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
6:19AM0.59m
5:53PM0.45m
6:44AM0.68m
6:12PM0.45m
7:12AM0.76m
6:30PM0.46m
Low Tide
12:47PM0.35m
11:30PM0.26m
1:17PM0.31m
11:57PM0.18m
1:42PM0.29m
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:28
6:28
6:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:57
6:55
6:54
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
2
Temp °C
27
27
28
28
31
28
28
28
28
27
29
32
31
29
28
27
25
25
28
32
31
30
28
Feels °C
32
31
32
31
33
32
32
30
31
30
32
34
33
31
31
31
28
28
31
34
33
33
32
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