Papara Beach Surf Forecast

/ Tahiti (22 surf breaks) /

French Polynesia (41 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (17.76° S 149.50° W)

Surf Forecasts:

Papara Beach surfForecast / Tahiti / French Polynesia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 11 Oct 2025 -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 26.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Papara Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Papara Beach at 4PM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	16s
Afternoon (11 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	15s
Evening (11 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	14s

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

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	Saturday 11					Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tuesday 14
	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SW	SE	SW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	16	9	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	477	496	553	742	553	740	760	807	763	752	721	690	479	863	892	494	850	815	735	617	757	278	343	602
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			2:13PM 0.26				2:04AM 0.29				2:37PM 0.20				2:22AM 0.24						10:47PM 0.20
Low Tide / height (m)	8:15AM 0.06			7:54PM 0.12					8:58AM 0.11			7:50PM 0.16							3:48PM 0.15				3:40AM 0.18

	Saturday 11					Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tuesday 14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30
Sunset	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	5	4	3	6
Temp. °C	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	23	23	22	21	22	22
Feels °C (?)	23	23	23	23	24	24	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	24	24	24	21	22	20	19	20	20

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tahiti

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Papara Beach (light winds from the SE at Tahiti Island-Faa'a International Airport 27 km from Papara Beach). 1.1m 9s swell from the ESE with a 0.9m 15s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.4m 10s swell from the SSE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 28 minutes ago Papara Beach

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27 km away, 1 h 28 min ago

7 km/h

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26.6

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