Papanoa Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.17° N 100.76° W

Papanoa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 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 (07 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 18s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 17s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Papanoa at 2AM is: 0.9m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Oct)4ft (1.2m)18s
Afternoon (07 Oct)4ft (1.2m)17s
Evening (07 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 143mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 30°C on Wed morning, min 24°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue afternoon, fresh winds from the SE by Thu morning).

Tue
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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
3
3
3
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
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
1.2
SW
17
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
380
376
364
470
460
614
905
895
864
825
1097
1070
1057
1044
1031
1018
1018
1018
1005
Wind (km/h)
5
SE
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
N
5
NNE
5
N
5
WSW
5
SW
5
ESE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
E
15
E
30
SE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
Wind State
glassy
glassy
cross-off
off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
9:04PM0.62m
9:43AM0.68m
9:52PM0.62m
10:10AM0.60m
Low Tide
3:19PM0.24m
3:11AM0.14m
3:47PM0.24m
3:54AM0.25m
4:17PM0.25m
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thunderstorm
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4
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Temp °C
28
28
27
26
26
26
28
30
29
28
27
27
26
26
27
28
27
27
26
Feels °C
33
33
31
30
30
30
33
34
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33
31
31
29
29
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28
27
28
27
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