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 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 +10

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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) & Date	Wave Height	Wave 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
	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	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 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	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	N	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	6	6	10	10	5	5	5	5	5	8	4	7	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	10	10	25	21	9	10	14	14	10	9	9	20	1	8	11	11	11	7	10	11	10	10	9	8
Wind (km/h)	E	E	E	ESE	E	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	SE	S	N	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE	SSE	ESE	NW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass
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

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for East Sepik

Wind 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.
1 hour 24 minutes ago Tarawai

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