Tarawai surfForecast / East Sepik / Papua New Guinea

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 +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 12PM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second 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 (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Afternoon (18 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (18 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)10s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
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
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.1
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.2
NNE
0.3
NE
Period(s) (?)671010101010105555555555575598
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)192310101010101014131321171813141074243811
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
25
E
20
E
15
E
15
E
10
ESE
10
SE
15
E
15
E
20
E
15
SE
20
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
0
SSW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
ENE
5
ENE
0
WSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrossglasscrossglassoffglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:12PM
1.05
4:25AM
1.02
6:42PM
1.05
5:29AM
1.01
7:08PM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:49AM
0.20
11:29PM
0.77
11:37AM
0.26
12:15AM
0.70
12:20PM
0.33
12:58AM
0.63
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
Sunrise6:18-------6:18-------6:16-------
Sunset---6:23-------6:22-------6:22----
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
mod rain
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
22-1123455579-121411-331
Temp. °C272828282828272727272625252627262627282828272727
Feels °C (?)272828283030293029292827272729282932323231313130
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for East Sepik

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Tarawai (fresh winds from the ESE at ASCATB145E3S 206 km from Tarawai). 0.2m 10s swell from the NNE with a 0.1m 8s swell from the N. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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