Tapi Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 17.81° S 168.33° E

Issued: 4 am 15 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tapi Point sea temperature is

25.6°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Tapi Point today (15 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tapi Point at 11AM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+11) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	8s
Afternoon (15 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s
Evening (15 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 25°C on Thu morning, min 23°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Thursday 15								Friday 16								Saturday 17
	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	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
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 See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 7	ESE 7	SSW 13	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	S 14	SE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	176	252	246	240	124	135	177	80	238	251	293	280	251	207	210	204	204	181	35	177	166	159	200	271
Wind (km/h)	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide				8:55AM0.99m			7:56PM1.12m					9:52AM0.94m				8:34PM1.06m					11:03AM0.92m			9:25PM1.00m
Low Tide		2:17AM0.21m				2:05PM0.64m				3:01AM0.26m				2:48PM0.70m				3:53AM0.31m				3:48PM0.75m


	—	5:18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:16	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—
mm	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	23	23	24	25	25	24	23	23	23	23	24	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	23	23
Feels °C	23	23	23	24	24	23	22	22	23	23	23	24	23	23	23	21	21	20	22	21	21	21	20	20
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	S 14	S 14	ESE 8	E 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ESE 9	E 8	E 8	S 15	S 17	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	S 16	S 15	S 14	S 13
kJ	52	4	4	240	124	40	53	80	35	36	4	6	6	20	19	17	42	39	35	57	127	159	200	176
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 15	S 18	S 18	S 18	E 9	S 16	S 16	ENE 8	S 16	S 16	N 13	N 13	N 13	N 12	E 12	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	S 10	S 9	SSW 8	S 8	S 8	ENE 12
kJ	4	6	6	6	42	5	5	40	5	5	3	3	3	3	11	13	12	12	7	6	24	32	43	13
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 18	N 10	N 10	N 10	S 17	N 11	N 10	S 16	N 13	N 13	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	SW 10	ENE 11	S 17	SW 9	ESE 9	E 12	SW 9
kJ	6	2	2	2	6	2	2	5	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	12	23	3	16	3	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SSE 4	S 4	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 4	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 5	SE 7
kJ	176	252	246	3	3	135	177	32	238	251	293	280	251	207	210	204	204	181	150	177	166	144	117	271
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	3	3
Distance (km)	519	519	519	565	938	931	555	938	519	519	936	938	1834	1154	938	938	938	938	938	1026	1154	1595	1026	519
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4

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