Papara Beach surfForecast / Tahiti / French Polynesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 03 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 1PM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (03 Mar)3ft (0.9m)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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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
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
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)8888816161515131313121212131313141515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14013713713311614919824624218718413511511510985116118211148146362362425
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
25
E
25
E
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
20
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
30
ENE
20
NE
20
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
25
ESE
25
E
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:35PM
0.38
12:50AM
0.41
12:56PM
0.39
1:14AM
0.40
1:16PM
0.38
1:35AM
0.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:39AM
-0.00
6:41PM
-0.01
7:01AM
0.01
7:04PM
-0.01
7:20AM
0.03
7:27PM
0.00
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
Sunrise-5:56-------5:56-------5:58------
Sunset----6:21-------6:21-------6:20---
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
111132113411--1-11-----1
Temp. °C272727272727272727282828282828292828282728282828
Feels °C (?)272727272828282827272728292827292828282728282927
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