Tarawai Surf Break

Lat Long: 3.21° S 143.25° E

Tarawai 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tarawai sea temperature is
29.4° C
0.8° 

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


How big are the waves at Tarawai today (09 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 13s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 13s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Tarawai at 8PM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 09). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jul)--
Afternoon (09 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (09 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 28°C on Thu afternoon, min 27°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
N
13
1
N
13
1
N
13
1
N
13
1
N
13
1
NNW
13
1
NNW
13
1
NNW
13
0.9
NNW
13
1.2
NNW
14
1.3
NNW
14
1.3
NNW
14
1.3
NNW
14
1.3
NNW
14
1.3
NNW
14
1.3
NNW
14
1.2
NNW
14
1.3
NNW
14
1.3
NNW
14
1.3
NNW
14
1.2
NW
14
1.2
NW
14
1.2
NW
14
1.2
NW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
335
330
345
350
350
367
356
345
285
542
659
649
649
649
612
603
501
586
638
691
589
573
556
564
Wind (km/h)
25
ESE
25
E
20
ESE
15
E
15
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
E
10
NNE
5
N
5
NW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SSE
10
ESE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
ENE
10
E
5
E
10
ESE
5
SE
10
ESE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
on
cross
cross-off
off
off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
High Tide
3:55PM0.86m
1:57AM1.16m
5:23PM0.93m
2:39AM1.19m
6:31PM1.00m
3:28AM1.21m
Low Tide
7:37PM0.78m
9:50AM0.20m
8:45PM0.86m
10:40AM0.07m
9:59PM0.92m
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:33
6:33
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:30
6:30
6:30
6:30
 mm
2
3
1
1
1
Temp °C
28
28
28
28
27
27
27
28
28
28
28
28
28
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
Feels °C
29
28
29
30
30
31
31
32
32
31
32
32
32
31
31
30
29
30
32
31
31
30
31
30
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