Tarawai 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 3.21° S 143.25° E

Issued: 9 am 22 Sep 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 (22 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 11s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period with N swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 11s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tarawai at 5PM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 22). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (22 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	11s
Afternoon (22 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	12s
Evening (22 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 27°C on Tue morning, min 26°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Tuesday 22						Wednesday 23								Thursday 24
	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	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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 9	NE 11	NE 11	N 12	N 12	NE 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	NE 12	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	NNW 13
Wave Graph
kJ	14	20	19	26	25	46	59	58	58	55	67	60	59	58	57	57	56	61	62	63	65	131
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E
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	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide					5:54PM0.99m			3:26AM0.95m					6:14PM1.00m				4:30AM0.97m				6:32PM1.02m
Low Tide			10:12AM0.30m				10:57PM0.81m				10:54AM0.32m				11:36PM0.76m				11:34AM0.35m


	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	27	27	27	27	27	27
Feels °C	26	26	26	27	28	29	29	27	26	27	26	27	28	28	28	27	28	27	28	28	28	28
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 9	NE 11	NE 11	N 12	N 12	NE 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	NE 12	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	NNW 13
kJ	14	20	19	26	25	46	59	58	58	55	67	60	59	58	57	57	56	61	62	63	65	131
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 13	N 13	N 12	NE 11	NE 11	N 11	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	NNW 10	NNW 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10
kJ	14	14	12	18	18	22	50	37	37	36	53	55	53	53	30	32	33	54	37	35	25	25
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 10	NE 9	N 9	NNE 13	NNE 13	N 10	NW 6	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NNW 13	NNW 13	NNW 13	NNW 13	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 13	NNW 13	NNW 14	NNW 14	NNW 14	E 12
kJ	7	3	6	17	17	16	1	15	15	15	34	35	34	18	50	50	32	35	36	36	36	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 5	E 5	E 6	E 6	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5
kJ	48	35	37	41	44	28	23	32	48	50	61	68	59	47	35	32	23	21	20	21	22	29
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Jailbreak Sandaun	Jailbreak Sandaun	Jailbreak Sandaun	Edmago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Aitape Sandaun	Karawop East Sepik	Aitape Sandaun	Wewak Point East Sepik	Aitape Sandaun	Edmago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Karawop East Sepik	Karawop East Sepik	Karawop East Sepik	Wutung Village Reef Sandaun	Edmago New Ireland	Lidos Left Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	223	223	223	831	831	101	29	101	57	101	831	831	831	101	101	29	29	29	257	831	233	101
Best forecast wave conditions in East Sepik							Karawop		Forok Point							Karawop	Karawop	Karawop
Rating (10 max)							1		1							1	2	1
Best forecast wave conditions in Papua New Guinea	Nago New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Long Long New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Long Long New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Nago New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Nusa New Ireland	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Nago New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Nago New Ireland
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	9	5	4	5	9	9	8	7	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4

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