Papara Beach surfForecast / Tahiti / French Polynesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 02 Mar 2026 -10
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Papara Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Papara Beach sea temperature is
29.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Papara Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Papara Beach at 4AM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Afternoon (03 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (03 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

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


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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)88888161688161615151313131212121313131415
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)137171167167167808513311614919824624218718413511511510985116118211148
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
25
E
25
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
10
NNE
15
N
25
NE
10
NNW
10
NNW
25
NE
15
ENE
20
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:25AM
0.41
12:35PM
0.38
12:50AM
0.41
12:56PM
0.39
1:14AM
0.40
1:16PM
0.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:18PM
0.00
6:39AM
-0.00
6:41PM
-0.01
7:01AM
0.01
7:04PM
-0.01
7:20AM
0.03
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise-----5:56-------5:56-------5:58--
Sunset6:22-------6:21-------6:21-------
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
Rain (mm)
23111-12434361-----3331-
Temp. °C272727272727272727272727272729282828282827282828
Feels °C (?)272626262627272828282828262730272929282826292928
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