Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Tarawai today (22 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with NNW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with NNW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with NW swell.
The current surf forecast for Tarawai at 5AM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm August 21). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (+10) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (22 Aug) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (22 Aug) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 8s |
| Evening (22 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at Tarawai. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastSome drizzle, heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 28°C on Sat night, min 26°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Sat night, fresh winds from the E by Mon morning). | ||||||||||||||||||
Fri 21 | Saturday 22 | Sunday 23 | ||||||||||||||||
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) | NW 8 | NW 8 | NNW 9 | NNW 9 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 7 | NNW 7 | NW 7 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NW 7 | NW 7 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 11 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 27 | 27 | 31 | 39 | 37 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||
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 |
High Tide | 4:46PM0.91m | 1:10AM1.00m | 5:45PM0.93m | 1:57AM1.00m | 6:28PM0.95m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:12PM0.87m | 9:27AM0.26m | 9:17PM0.88m | 10:15AM0.24m | ||||||||||||||
 | |  |  |  | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | |
 | — | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:30 | — | — |
mm | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 27 |
Feels °C | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 27 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 8 | NW 8 | NNW 9 | NNW 9 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | E 7 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 7 | E 7 | NW 7 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 |
| kJ | 11 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 104 | 92 | 92 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 54 | 46 | 27 | 31 | 39 | 37 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | NE 9 | N 7 | N 7 | NNW 6 | NNW 7 | NNW 7 | NW 7 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NW 7 | NE 13 | E 13 | NE 13 | NE 13 |
| kJ | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | N 6 | N 9 | N 8 | NNW 8 | NNW 8 | NW 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | E 14 | E 14 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 10 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 7 | E 5 | E 6 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 7 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 |
| kJ | 63 | 41 | 59 | 107 | 117 | 99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 92 | 40 | 36 | 38 | 41 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1847 | 1847 | 278 | 278 | 131 | 278 | 2410 | 2650 | 2502 | 2502 | 1641 | 1635 | 223 | 974 | 2424 | 974 | 1635 | 131 |
Best forecast wave conditions in East Sepik | ||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Papua New Guinea | ||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Tarawai surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest