Papanoa Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.17° N 100.76° W

Papanoa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Papanoa sea temperature is
30.7°C
1.6° 

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 (29 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 11s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Papanoa at 9AM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.9m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Sep)10ft (3.0m)10s
Afternoon (29 Sep)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (29 Sep)11ft (3.5m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 39mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Warm (max 30°C on Tue morning, min 25°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SE on Tue morning, calm by Wed morning).

Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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)
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3
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4
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
2
1
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SSE
10
2.5
S
10
3
S
10
3
S
10
3
S
10
3
SSW
11
3.5
SSW
11
3
SSW
11
3
SSW
11
3
SW
10
3
SW
10
2.5
SW
10
2.5
SW
10
2.4
SW
10
2.1
SW
10
2.2
WSW
10
2
SW
10
2.2
WSW
12
2.1
WSW
11
1.8
SW
9
2.3
SW
11
2.1
SW
11
2.1
SW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1922
1420
1514
1657
2132
2285
2669
2423
1978
1702
1636
1477
1312
1070
768
970
723
1319
992
549
1211
1009
865
Wind (km/h)
25
E
20
E
25
ESE
30
SE
25
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
NE
0
SSE
10
WNW
10
W
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NW
15
W
20
W
20
W
15
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
off
glassy
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
5:25AM0.70m
5:03PM0.36m
6:00AM0.78m
5:32PM0.40m
6:34AM0.84m
6:02PM0.45m
Low Tide
12:54PM0.30m
10:23PM0.21m
1:01PM0.27m
11:12PM0.12m
1:17PM0.25m
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
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thunderstorm
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 mm
2
1
1
1
2
6
6
4
4
3
4
3
4
1
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Temp °C
26
26
28
30
29
27
27
26
25
26
25
27
28
28
27
26
26
25
27
29
29
28
27
Feels °C
27
28
29
29
30
30
30
30
29
31
28
32
32
32
31
29
29
27
30
31
31
30
29
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