Papa Tangaroa surfForecast / Easter Island / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 12 Apr 2026 -06
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Papa Tangaroa surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Papa Tangaroa sea temperature is
25.2° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Papa Tangaroa today?

The current surf forecast for Papa Tangaroa at 1AM is: 2.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 12). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (-06) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)6ft (1.8m)13s
Afternoon (13 Apr)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (13 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141413131313131212121413121615151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)234220641969173315191294115598386573458549361881585382621611680163515691284128413411139
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
NE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
0
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassglassglassononononcross-
on
onononglasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:06PM
0.78
2:27AM
0.65
2:37PM
0.75
3:01AM
0.67
3:13PM
0.71
3:44AM
0.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:31PM
0.19
8:19AM
0.21
8:58PM
0.20
9:01AM
0.22
9:30PM
0.21
9:53AM
0.25
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise------7:33-------7:33-------7:33-
Sunset-7:02-------7:01-------7:00------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222222222222222222222222222222222323232222222222
Feels °C (?)232324242424242523232324242323242625252323242323
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