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Tarawai surfForecast / East Sepik / Papua New Guinea

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 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 8AM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 12). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
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
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.6
NW
0.7
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NNW
1
NNW
1
NNW
0.9
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.1
NNW
1
N
1
N
0.9
NNW
1
N
0.9
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
Period(s) (?)111113121211111213121212111111111111101010101011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)107105138157212223265285286475444418331247242198238191136167164162162157
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
W
25
WNW
25
W
15
SSE
15
SW
10
SW
5
S
5
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
10
W
5
WSW
15
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononglassglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross
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
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise--6:33-------6:33-------6:33-----
Sunset-----6:46-------6:46-------6:46--
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Rain (mm)
1236653--------1112-----
Temp. °C272727272525252626262627272828272727272727282828
Feels °C (?)282829292625252727282931303030292930303129313131
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