Tarawai 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 3.21° S 143.25° E

Issued: 3 pm 10 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Tarawai sea temperature is

28.7°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 (10 Oct):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 16s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 15s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tarawai at 11PM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm October 10). 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 (10 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (10 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	16s
Evening (10 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	15s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Sat afternoon, min 26°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Sat 10				Sunday 11								Monday 12
	1 PM	4 PM	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	1	1	1	1	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)	NE 16	NE 16	NE 16	NE 15	NE 15	NE 14	NE 14	NE 14	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12
Wave Graph
kJ	268	268	302	273	258	248	162	181	140	140	138	93	90	71	69	34	71	71	69	66
Wind (km/h)	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ENE	E	E	ESE
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	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			6:48PM1.10m					8:12AM1.03m				7:14PM1.08m				9:12AM1.04m				7:39PM1.06m
Low Tide						1:35AM0.33m				1:39PM0.68m				2:14AM0.26m				2:25PM0.75m


	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	6:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:17	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27
Feels °C	27	27	28	29	29	29	28	27	26	26	28	28	26	26	26	28	26	27	28	28
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 16	NE 16	NE 16	NE 15	NE 15	NE 14	NE 14	NE 14	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12
kJ	268	268	302	273	258	248	162	181	140	140	138	93	90	71	69	34	71	71	69	66
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11
kJ	57	56	55	53	32	31	31	31	32	31	17	17	33	18	31	17	31	43	30	41
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 13	NE 13	N 11	NE 7	N 11	NW 11	NE 10	NW 11	NW 10	ENE 9	NNW 10	NNW 10	NNW 10	N 13	N 13	N 12	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9
kJ	45	85	2	2	2	5	15	5	4	8	10	10	9	31	30	28	8	8	8	8
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 4	E 4	E 4	E 4	E 4	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 4	E 4	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 6	E 6	E 5	E 5	E 6	E 6	E 6
kJ	12	8	9	9	9	11	11	15	12	17	21	24	27	32	31	24	33	50	60	63
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Edmago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Jailbreak Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Karawop East Sepik	Jailbreak Sandaun	Edmago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Karawop East Sepik	Karawop East Sepik	Karawop East Sepik	Karawop East Sepik	Karawop East Sepik	Edmago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Aitape Sandaun
Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	831	831	223	101	101	101	29	223	831	831	831	29	29	29	29	29	831	831	831	101
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Rating (10 max)							2					1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	4	9	6	9	9	9	9	8	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	6

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