Papanoa Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.17° N 100.76° W

Papanoa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 24 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Papanoa sea temperature is
30.1°C
0.7° 

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 (24 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 14s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 12s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Papanoa at 3PM is: 2.4m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am October 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Oct)8ft (2.5m)14s
Afternoon (24 Oct)8ft (2.4m)12s
Evening (24 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Mon afternoon, min 22°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
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)
4
!
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
1
1
3
4
4
4
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
S
14
3
S
12
2.4
S
12
2.3
S
11
2
SSE
10
2
S
12
2.2
S
11
2.1
SE
9
2.5
SE
9
2.1
SE
9
2.3
SE
8
1.6
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
9
1.7
SE
8
1.9
SE
8
2
SSE
8
2
SSE
8
1.7
SSE
8
1.7
SSE
8
1.9
SSE
8
0.8
SSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2300
2367
1626
1265
741
1098
1151
668
993
657
725
404
280
410
509
525
538
412
364
403
279
Wind (km/h)
10
E
15
E
15
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
ESE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
E
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
8:43AM0.51m
11:38PM0.60m
7:16AM0.48m
1:51AM0.63m
Low Tide
3:43PM0.22m
6:29AM0.48m
4:18PM0.21m
5:28PM0.20m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
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6:37
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6:39
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6:15
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6:15
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6:14
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 mm
1
1
2
1
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Temp °C
27
27
25
24
24
24
24
22
23
25
25
26
25
24
24
24
26
27
29
27
26
Feels °C
30
30
27
26
26
26
25
23
24
27
27
26
26
26
26
25
28
28
30
29
28
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