Tarawai 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 3.21° S 143.25° E

Issued: 9 pm 15 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tarawai sea temperature is

28.4°C

Tarawai 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 Tarawai today (16 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with N swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with N swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tarawai at 5AM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm October 15). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s
Afternoon (16 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Evening (16 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 28°C on Fri afternoon, min 26°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thu 15		Friday 16								Saturday 17
	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 12	NE 12	NE 9	N 9	NE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	82	57	52	49	48	48	32	31	31	30	30	31	31	68	49	30	13	29
Wind (km/h)	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	NNE	NNE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore 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	off	glassy	glassy
High Tide		9:05PM0.97m						1:11PM1.00m		9:39PM0.94m						2:12PM0.99m
Low Tide	4:57PM0.87m				5:03AM0.22m				6:00PM0.88m				5:52AM0.25m					7:13PM0.88m


	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—
mm	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Feels °C	29	30	30	28	28	28	27	30	29	29	29	28	28	29	29	30	31	32
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 12	NE 12	NE 9	E 7	E 7
kJ	82	57	52	49	48	48	30	30	28	30	30	31	31	68	49	30	46	46
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 9	NE 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	NE 9	NE 9
kJ	15	16	25	35	34	33	32	31	31	27	26	26	27	15	14	13	20	29
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 13	NE 13	—	—	NE 14	—	NE 14	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	—	E 15	ENE 12	N 12	N 12	NE 12	N 9	N 9
kJ	7	7	—	—	8	—	7	7	7	7	—	4	14	3	3	21	13	13
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 3	ENE 4	E 4	E 4	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 4	E 5	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 5	E 5	E 6	—	—
kJ	4	4	5	9	11	12	11	10	16	32	47	35	39	37	37	30	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Edmago New Ireland	Aitape Sandaun	Tarawai East Sepik	Karawop East Sepik	Karawop East Sepik	Karawop East Sepik	Edmago New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Tarawai East Sepik	Tarawai East Sepik	Aitape Sandaun	Karawop East Sepik	Karawop East Sepik	Karawop East Sepik	Tarawai East Sepik	Tarawai East Sepik	Sissano Lagoon Sandaun	Sissano Lagoon Sandaun
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	831	101	0	29	29	29	831	838	0	0	101	29	29	29	0	0	131	131
Best forecast wave conditions in East Sepik			Karawop	Tupira Right	Forok Point	Karawop			Tarawai	Tarawai	Tupira Right	Karawop	Forok Point	Forok Point	Tarawai	Tarawai		Tupira Right
Rating (10 max)			1	1	1	1			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1
Best forecast wave conditions in Papua New Guinea	Simberi Island New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Nusa New Ireland	Simberi Island New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Nusa New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Narimu and Buro Reefs Sandaun	Tupira Right East Sepik	Nago New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Rubio New Ireland	Tarawai East Sepik	Nago New Ireland	Nago New Ireland
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Header Global	Dolphin Point South Africa	Gerickes Point South Africa	Gerickes Point South Africa	Fish Boma South Africa	Sea Vista South Africa	Sea Vista South Africa	Ahijedero Mexico	Viri Inga O Tuki Chile	Papa Tangaroa Chile	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Cape St Martin South Africa	Papatowai New Zealand	Balephuil (Tiree) United Kingdom	Afife Portugal	Tokomaru Bay New Zealand	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach New Zealand	Ahijedero Mexico
Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	4

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