Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Tarawai today (06 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with NNE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 13s period with N swell.
The current surf forecast for Tarawai at 7PM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm August 06). An 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) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (06 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (06 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 12s |
| Evening (06 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Tarawai. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 28°C on Fri night, min 27°C on Thu afternoon). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thu 6 | Friday 7 | Saturday 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 12 | N 12 | N 12 | N 13 | N 13 | N 13 | N 13 | N 13 | N 12 | N 12 | N 12 | N 14 | N 14 | N 13 | N 13 | N 13 | N 13 | N 12 | N 14 | N 12 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 162 | 72 | 72 | 173 | 173 | 171 | 166 | 161 | 110 | 141 | 103 | 196 | 239 | 229 | 280 | 272 | 202 | 190 | 150 | 153 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 2:34PM0.87m | 00:33AM1.13m | 4:10PM0.91m | 1:18AM1.15m | 5:25PM0.97m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:20PM0.79m | 8:28AM0.22m | 7:24PM0.86m | 9:25AM0.13m | 8:43PM0.91m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 |
Feels °C | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 30 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 12 | N 12 | N 12 | N 13 | N 13 | N 13 | E 6 | N 13 | N 12 | N 12 | E 7 | N 14 | N 14 | N 13 | N 13 | N 13 | N 13 | N 12 | N 12 | N 12 |
| kJ | 162 | 72 | 72 | 173 | 173 | 171 | 45 | 161 | 110 | 141 | 32 | 196 | 239 | 229 | 280 | 272 | 202 | 190 | 103 | 153 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 6 | NNE 14 | N 14 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 | N 13 | ENE 12 | N 16 | E 6 | N 12 | E 7 | E 7 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | ENE 15 | N 14 | N 15 |
| kJ | 20 | 62 | 64 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 166 | 13 | 21 | 30 | 103 | 33 | 33 | 30 | 38 | 51 | 50 | 22 | 150 | 110 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 12 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 | NE 17 | NE 16 | NE 16 | ENE 12 | NE 16 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | N 15 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | NE 10 | ENE 11 | NE 11 | NNW 16 | NE 12 | NNE 12 | NE 11 |
| kJ | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 69 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 48 | 6 | 14 | 20 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | — | E 6 | E 6 | — | — | — | E 7 | E 6 | — | — | — | E 6 | E 6 | E 5 |
| kJ | — | 27 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 41 | — | 35 | 27 | — | — | — | 58 | 67 | — | — | — | 36 | 34 | 37 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 831 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 101 | 29 | 29 | 101 | 2351 | 841 | 841 | 29 |
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