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Tarawai surfForecast / East Sepik / Papua New Guinea

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 12 Feb 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
29.5° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tarawai today?

The current surf forecast for Tarawai at 2PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 12). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (12 Feb)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (12 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
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
0
0
2
2
2
1
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
NE
0.7
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
1
NNW
1
N
1.3
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.1
NNW
1.1
NNW
1
N
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.8
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
Period(s) (?)111212111112131212121111111111111010101010111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)138157212223223285350475425418331308242198194191130167164162162157174133
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
WNW
25
W
25
WNW
20
W
10
S
10
SSE
10
WSW
10
W
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:13AM
0.92
2:11PM
1.01
6:56AM
0.94
3:01PM
1.02
7:28AM
0.97
3:52PM
1.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:17AM
0.89
10:34PM
0.23
10:18AM
0.90
11:18PM
0.20
11:10AM
0.90
11:59PM
0.17
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise6:33-------6:33-------6:33-------
Sunset---6:46-------6:46-------6:46----
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clear
thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
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Rain (mm)
14562-------1---3-------
Temp. °C272726252526262627272828272727272727272828282827
Feels °C (?)292927252629292929303030292929292929283031313129
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