Papetoai Surf Forecast

/ Moorea (6 surf breaks) /

French Polynesia (41 surf breaks)

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Papetoai surfForecast / Moorea / French Polynesia

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

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

Today's Papetoai sea temperature is 27.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Papetoai today?

The current surf forecast for Papetoai at 7PM is: 2.4m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	13s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	6ft (1.8m)	13s
Evening (16 Sep)	8ft (2.4m)	15s

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

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	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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)	2	1	2	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	ENE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	7	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1053	1109	2481	2425	2517	2648	2779	2416	2383	2085	1811	1559	1418	1236	1027	1011	841	14	14	14	14	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ENE	E	E	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	10:43AM 0.20					11:23PM 0.21			10:58AM 0.24					11:25PM 0.24				11:17AM 0.27				11:36PM 0.26
Low Tide / height (m)				5:13PM 0.05				5:12AM 0.08				5:25PM 0.03				5:21AM 0.05				5:41PM 0.02				5:36AM 0.03

	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Moorea

Wind Update Offshore wind has become very light (light winds from the SE at Tahiti Island-Faa'a International Airport 26 km from Papetoai). Surf should be turning clean at Papetoai. 0.4m 6s windswell from the NE with a 0.2m 12s groundswell from the NW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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26 km away, 1 h 35 min ago

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