Tarawai surfForecast / East Sepik / Papua New Guinea

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm 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
29.7° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tarawai today?

The current surf forecast for Tarawai at 4AM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (19 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Evening (19 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)5s

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

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Thu
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
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 (?)
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.2
N
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
Period(s) (?)1010661010555558478887888887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1010252191014141099201811111171011101098
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
E
5
ESE
0
E
5
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
20
ESE
10
SE
5
S
0
N
10
ESE
15
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
SSE
0
ESE
0
NW
0
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:12PM
1.05
4:25AM
1.02
6:42PM
1.05
5:29AM
1.01
7:08PM
1.05
6:30AM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:29PM
0.77
11:37AM
0.26
12:15AM
0.70
12:20PM
0.33
12:58AM
0.63
1:00PM
0.41
Thu
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise----6:18-------6:16-------6:16---
Sunset-------6:22-------6:22-------6:22
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1124521-11---21--11-1---
Temp. °C282828272526262726262727262627282627272727282828
Feels °C (?)293030292730303128282928293031312831313130323232
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for East Sepik

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Tarawai (light winds from the SE.(Wind varies from 090 to 170 degs) at JayapuraSentani 311 km from Tarawai). 0.3m 8s swell from the NE with a 0.1m 10s swell from the NNE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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