Tarawai 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 3.21° S 143.25° E

Issued: 3 pm 05 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tarawai sea temperature is

28.5°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 (05 Oct):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 11s period with N swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 11s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Tarawai at 8PM is: 0.3m 11s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm October 05). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second 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) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (05 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	11s
Evening (05 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Wed afternoon, min 26°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Mon 5				Tuesday 6								Wednesday 7
	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	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 13	N 14
Wave Graph
kJ	10	21	19	23	18	19	38	37	37	22	33	43	66	68	68	68	67	66	119	229
Wind (km/h)	E	ENE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	ENE	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
High Tide			4:17PM1.07m			2:12AM1.00m					4:55PM1.08m			3:34AM0.99m					5:27PM1.10m
Low Tide				9:37PM0.82m				9:36AM0.23m					10:36PM0.73m				10:30AM0.30m


	—	—	—	—	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	6:19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:19	—	—
mm	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	27	27
Feels °C	29	30	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	28	29	29	29
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 14	E 5	NE 14	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	N 11	N 11	N 11	NE 12	N 10	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	E 6	N 12	N 12	N 13	N 14
kJ	39	8	46	45	44	44	38	37	37	39	33	43	66	68	68	15	67	66	119	229
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 11	NE 14	N 10	N 11	N 10	N 10	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	N 10	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	N 12	NE 12	N 14	NE 11	NE 11
kJ	10	49	19	23	18	19	43	43	42	17	37	36	36	36	35	68	35	66	31	30
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 8	N 11	NW 7	N 10	N 12	N 12	NW 7	NW 7	NW 7	N 11	NE 16	NW 8	N 11	N 17	N 16	NE 12	N 14	NE 12	N 16	ENE 13
kJ	6	21	2	8	12	11	2	2	2	22	10	2	2	6	21	35	36	35	76	17
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 5	—	E 5	E 5	E 4	E 4	E 4	E 4	E 4	E 4	E 4	E 4	E 5	E 6	E 6	—	E 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 4
kJ	8	—	8	8	5	8	9	10	9	10	9	10	11	22	23	—	8	8	7	7
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Nusa New Ireland	Nusa New Ireland	Nusa New Ireland	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Karawop East Sepik	Karawop East Sepik	Bird Island Saipan	Nusa New Ireland	Bird Island Saipan	Aitape Sandaun	Tarawai East Sepik	Tarawai East Sepik	Aitape Sandaun	Karawop East Sepik	Nago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Tarawai East Sepik	Tarawai East Sepik
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	840	840	840	101	101	101	29	29	2075	840	2075	101	0	0	101	29	838	831	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in East Sepik							Karawop	Karawop					Tarawai	Tupira Right	Tupira Right	Karawop			Tarawai	Karawop
Rating (10 max)							1	1					1	1	1	1			1	2
Best forecast wave conditions in Papua New Guinea	Nusa New Ireland	Simberi Island New Ireland	Simberi Island New Ireland	Nusa New Ireland	Lidos Right Sandaun	Simberi Island New Ireland	Simberi Island New Ireland	Lidos Right Sandaun		Nusa New Ireland		Rubio New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Sissano Lagoon Sandaun	Simberi Island New Ireland	Simberi Island New Ireland	Simberi Island New Ireland	Rubio New Ireland	Simberi Island New Ireland	Narimu and Buro Reefs Sandaun
Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1		1		2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2
Header Global	Barrancon Chile	Boneyards South Africa	Boneyards South Africa	Easter Reef Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Barrancon Chile	Barrancon Chile	Barrancon Chile	Barrancon Chile	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Boneyards South Africa	Hell South Africa	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	5	8	9	9	9	4	4	4	4	9	9	9	9	6	7	9	9

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