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Tarawai surfForecast / East Sepik / Papua New Guinea

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 16 Jan 2026 +10
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Tarawai surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tarawai sea temperature is
29.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tarawai today?

The current surf forecast for Tarawai at 1PM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
NE
0.6
N
0.8
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.6
N
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
1
NW
0.9
NNW
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
1.2
NW
Period(s) (?)11121111111110101010109999966991012126
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11210417316112311911210676747055545368676565656858434289
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
20
W
10
W
15
NW
15
WNW
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
20
W
25
W
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
25
W
15
WSW
15
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:06AM
0.98
4:16PM
1.07
8:41AM
1.00
4:59PM
1.08
9:14AM
1.02
5:42PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:32AM
0.92
12:30AM
0.12
12:19PM
0.93
1:08AM
0.10
1:05PM
0.93
1:46AM
0.10
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise6:26-------6:28-------6:28-------
Sunset---6:45-------6:45-------6:45----
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thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
73-----11----111---11352
Temp. °C262627272828282727282828282828272828282828282827
Feels °C (?)282729293030302828292827282828273029272728272726
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