Papanoa Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.17° N 100.76° W

Papanoa 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 12 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Papanoa sea temperature is
31.2° C
1.8° 

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 (12 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 14s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Papanoa at 10AM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Afternoon (12 Jul)4ft (1.2m)14s
Evening (12 Jul)3ft (0.9m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 37mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 31°C on Sun morning, min 25°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
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
12 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
1
1
2
1
2
1
3
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
2
2
3
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SSW
14
1.3
SSW
14
1.3
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1
SSW
13
1
SSW
13
1
SSW
13
1
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
1.4
SE
9
1.6
SE
9
1.5
SSE
9
1.4
SSE
8
0.7
SW
18
0.8
SW
18
0.8
SW
18
1.4
SSE
8
0.9
SSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
585
687
697
602
602
305
297
487
460
415
342
342
368
336
273
353
424
362
267
319
375
375
252
241
Wind (km/h)
5
NNE
10
NE
10
E
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
NNW
5
W
10
W
15
WSW
10
SW
5
E
10
ENE
10
E
5
ENE
5
E
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
0
SSE
5
NNE
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
off
High Tide
11:43AM0.82m
9:32PM0.51m
12:38PM0.80m
10:26PM0.49m
1:38PM0.77m
11:41PM0.47m
Low Tide
3:55AM-0.07m
6:02PM0.44m
4:44AM-0.06m
7:08PM0.44m
5:40AM-0.01m
8:27PM0.42m
mod rain
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:16
6:16
6:16
6:16
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:21
7:20
7:20
7:20
 mm
6
1
2
2
3
7
6
3
2
3
1
3
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
26
26
28
31
30
29
28
26
25
25
27
29
30
28
27
26
26
25
27
29
29
29
27
27
Feels °C
30
30
31
35
34
33
32
29
27
29
31
32
33
32
31
30
30
28
31
32
32
33
32
32
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