Tank Beach surfForecast / Saipan / Northern Mariana Islands

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 ChST
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Tank Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tank Beach sea temperature is
27.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tank Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Tank Beach at 4PM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 17). An open ocean swell of 5.0m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (ChST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)16ft (5.0m)13s
Afternoon (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (17 Apr)15ft (4.5m)12s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
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0
0
!
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4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NE
5
NW
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
4.5
NW
4.5
NW
4
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.3
N
2.3
N
2.2
N
2.1
N
2.1
N
Period(s) (?)131312121212121212121212121213131313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4280991198559105532450137603640339931312739238622882356237721651905193117781755159214751442
Wind
(km/h)
55
SW
50
SW
50
SW
45
SW
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:29AM
0.72
8:15PM
0.70
6:52AM
0.72
9:25PM
0.73
7:19AM
0.73
10:37PM
0.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:25PM
0.19
1:37AM
0.49
2:09PM
0.11
2:31AM
0.56
2:56PM
0.05
3:28AM
0.61
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise6:01-------6:01-------6:00-------
Sunset---6:30-------6:30-------6:30----
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---1--------------------
Temp. °C272727272727272727272727272727262626262727262626
Feels °C (?)222324242526262627272828293029272828282930303030
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