Taapuna surf break

Taapuna surfForecast / Tahiti / French Polynesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 27 Aug 2025 -10
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Taapuna surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Taapuna sea temperature is
26.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Taapuna today?

The current surf forecast for Taapuna at 5PM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 27). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Aug)5ft (1.6m)14s
Afternoon (27 Aug)5ft (1.5m)14s
Evening (27 Aug)5ft (1.5m)14s

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

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Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141616161615151515151414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)103610619219371000114114741648139017511532173912791688171913121217116110831062831812737730
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
35
E
35
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
N
5
NNW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:11PM
0.28
2:00AM
0.27
2:22PM
0.24
2:04AM
0.25
2:22PM
0.21
1:57AM
0.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:04AM
0.04
8:10PM
0.08
8:20AM
0.05
8:16PM
0.10
8:33AM
0.08
8:07PM
0.11
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunrise-------6:07-------6:07-------6:07
Sunset--5:50-------5:50-------5:51-----
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
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rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
1111111-1111---111--1211
Temp. °C252525252525242525252525252525252526262625252525
Feels °C (?)232323222222202222232424242424242526272827282928
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Tahiti

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Taapuna (light winds from the SE at Tahiti Island-Faa'a International Airport 5 km from Taapuna). 1.4m 6s windswell from the SE with a 1.2m 14s groundswell from the SSW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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7 km/h
SE
Clean
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