Papeete Harbour Surf Forecast

/ Tahiti (22 surf breaks) /

French Polynesia (41 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (17.55° S 149.59° W)

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Papeete Harbour surfForecast / Tahiti / French Polynesia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 -10

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Papeete Harbour surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Papeete Harbour sea temperature is 26.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Papeete Harbour today?

The current surf forecast for Papeete Harbour at 3AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	7s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s
Evening (16 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s

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

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		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	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	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	N	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NNW	NNW	ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	15	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	12	12	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	48	50	50	50	47	50	44	32	17	37	52	102	106	97	97	114	131	155	165	194	245	14	14	371
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	NE	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		11:31PM 0.27			10:51AM 0.28					11:21PM 0.29				11:05AM 0.33				11:29PM 0.32				11:25AM 0.37
Low Tide / height (m)				5:08AM 0.17				5:11PM 0.11				5:05AM 0.13				5:24PM 0.08				5:18AM 0.10				5:42PM 0.06

		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	26	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Feels °C (?)	28	28	27	27	26	27	26	26	25	23	22	21	23	22	22	23	22	22	23	24	23	23	23	23

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tahiti

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Papeete Harbour (light winds from the S at Tahiti Island-Faa'a International Airport 3 km from Papeete Harbour). 0.3m 6s windswell from the NNE to make surfable waves.
1 hour 26 minutes ago Papeete Harbour

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1 h 26 min ago

9 km/h

Clean

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