Papenoo Beach (Chinaman's Bay) surf break

Papenoo Beach (Chinaman's Bay) surfForecast / Tahiti / French Polynesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 02 Aug 2025 -10
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Papenoo Beach (Chinaman's Bay) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Papenoo Beach (Chinaman's Bay) sea temperature is
27.0° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Papenoo Beach (Chinaman's Bay) today?

The current surf forecast for Papenoo Beach (Chinaman's Bay) at 2AM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 02). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Aug)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (02 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Evening (02 Aug)3ft (0.9m)6s

Table - waves today at Papenoo Beach (Chinaman's Bay). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Saturday
02
Sunday
03
Monday
04
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
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
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
ENE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)666666666667777777776666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)11011199103114120947877778266677479576470615648322332
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
W
10
SSW
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
ononononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:52PM
0.19
10:07AM
0.17
11:12PM
0.21
10:47AM
0.20
11:28PM
0.23
11:14AM
0.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:48AM
0.16
4:55PM
0.12
5:36AM
0.13
5:18PM
0.09
5:45AM
0.10
5:39PM
0.06
Saturday
02
Sunday
03
Monday
04
Sunrise---6:22-------6:22-------6:22----
Sunset------5:44-------5:44-------5:45-
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Rain (mm)
-111---1--------122-----
Temp. °C252525252526262526252526262626262525262626262626
Feels °C (?)242525252526272627262627262626262525262727272828
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tahiti

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Papenoo Beach (Chinaman's Bay) (calm at Pappeete- Tahiti 19 km from Papenoo Beach (Chinaman's Bay)). A 0.9m windswell from the E

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