Tarawai Surf Forecast

/ East Sepik (9 surf breaks) /

Papua New Guinea (28 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Tarawai surfForecast / East Sepik / Papua New Guinea

48hr 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) & Date	Wave Height	Wave 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
	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	1 AM	4 AM
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 See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NE
Period(s) (?)	6	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	5	5	9	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	19	23	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	13	13	21	17	18	13	14	10	7	4	2	4	3	8	11
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	SE	E	E	E	SE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SSW	NW	NNW	ENE	ENE	WSW	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	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross	glass	off	glass	glass	on
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
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	2	2	-	1	1	2	3	4	5	5	5	7	9	-	1	2	1	4	1	1	-	3	3	1
Temp. °C	27	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	26	25	25	26	27	26	26	27	28	28	28	27	27	27
Feels °C (?)	27	28	28	28	30	30	29	30	29	29	28	27	27	27	29	28	29	32	32	32	31	31	31	30

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for East Sepik

Wind 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.
2 hours 50 minutes ago Tarawai

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