Papanoa Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.17° N 100.76° W

Papanoa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Papanoa sea temperature is
30.4°C
1.2° 

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 (10 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 11s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 11s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 11s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Papanoa at 1AM is: 1.1m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.9m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm October 09). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Oct)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (10 Oct)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (10 Oct)6ft (1.9m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 28mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Sat morning, min 24°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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
4
3
4
3
4
2
1
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SW
14
2
SW
11
1.4
SW
14
1.1
SSW
18
2.3
WSW
12
1.3
SSW
18
1.9
WSW
11
1.8
WSW
11
1.9
WSW
11
2
WSW
11
1.9
WSW
11
1.5
SSW
16
1.5
SSW
16
1.5
SSW
16
1.5
SSW
16
1.5
SSW
16
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
752
935
857
768
1496
1087
798
773
831
887
839
1170
1155
1155
1141
1112
955
829
766
Wind (km/h)
15
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
E
20
SE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
E
10
SSE
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
NW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-off
High Tide
00:27AM0.58m
10:26AM0.44m
2:48AM0.61m
Low Tide
4:51PM0.27m
7:49AM0.43m
5:41PM0.29m
7:45PM0.29m
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
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 mm
8
4
2
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Temp °C
25
25
25
24
24
25
27
29
28
27
26
25
25
25
27
29
29
28
27
Feels °C
27
27
27
26
26
27
29
31
30
30
29
27
27
27
30
32
33
32
32
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