Tarawai 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 3.21° S 143.25° E

Issued: 9 am 21 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tarawai sea temperature is

28.4°C

Tarawai surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Tarawai today (21 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 11s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tarawai at 5PM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 21). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	10s
Afternoon (21 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	10s
Evening (21 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 27°C on Mon morning, min 26°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Monday 21						Tuesday 22								Wednesday 23
	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
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
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	N 14	N 13	NE 11	NE 11	N 12	N 12	NE 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	NE 12	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11
Wave Graph
kJ	15	15	15	15	18	18	18	16	14	20	19	26	25	46	59	58	58	56	67	60	59	58
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide					5:28PM0.97m			2:20AM0.94m					5:54PM0.99m			3:26AM0.95m					6:14PM1.00m
Low Tide		9:26AM0.29m					10:13PM0.85m				10:12AM0.30m				10:57PM0.81m				10:54AM0.32m


	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	4	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	27	27	27	27	27	27
Feels °C	28	27	27	27	28	29	26	26	27	27	27	27	28	29	28	27	27	27	26	26	28	28
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	ENE 9	ENE 9	NE 11	NE 11	N 12	N 12	NE 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	NE 12	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11
kJ	15	15	15	15	18	18	18	8	8	20	19	26	25	46	59	58	58	56	67	60	59	58
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 10	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 14	N 9	N 13	N 13	N 12	NE 11	NE 11	N 11	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10
kJ	8	6	6	1	2	6	4	6	14	14	12	18	18	22	50	37	37	36	53	55	53	51
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 6	NW 6	NW 6	E 8	NW 6	NW 6	N 8	N 14	N 10	NE 9	N 9	NNE 13	NNE 13	N 10	N 8	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NNW 13	NNW 13	NNW 13	NNW 13
kJ	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	16	7	3	6	17	17	7	1	15	15	15	34	35	34	18
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 5	E 5	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 7	E 7	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6
kJ	30	29	29	29	43	48	48	50	53	59	61	68	57	55	50	45	47	59	57	76	64	60
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Threes Guam	Threes Guam	Threes Guam	Mutungs Guam	Threes Guam	Threes Guam	Nago New Ireland	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Jailbreak Sandaun	Edmago New Ireland	Long Long New Ireland	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Edmago New Ireland	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Forok Point East Sepik	Karawop East Sepik	Lidos Left Sandaun	Edmago New Ireland	Jailbreak Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2
Distance (km)	1838	1838	1838	1851	1838	1838	838	101	101	223	831	839	224	831	101	101	73	29	233	831	223	101
Best forecast wave conditions in East Sepik																	Forok Point	Karawop
Rating (10 max)																	1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in Papua New Guinea							Nago New Ireland	Aitape Sandaun	Logs Sandaun	Nago New Ireland	Long Long New Ireland	Long Long New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Sissano Lagoon Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Nusa New Ireland	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun
Rating (10 max)							1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2
Header Global	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes New Zealand	Cobblestones Australia	Cyclops Australia	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Ahijedero Mexico	Ouano Lefts New Caledonia	Papatowai New Zealand	Easter Reef Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Quarantine Australia	Namotu Lefts Fiji	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand
Rating (10 max)	8	6	5	5	5	4	6	7	9	5	6	5	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	9	7	6

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