Tarawai 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 3.21° S 143.25° E

Issued: 3 pm 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Tarawai sea temperature is

28.6°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 (11 Oct):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 13s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tarawai at 11PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm October 11). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (11 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	13s
Evening (11 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	12s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Sun afternoon, min 26°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the E on Mon morning, light winds from the ESE by Tue night).
	Sun 11				Monday 12								Tuesday 13
	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	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 11	N 12	N 12	N 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11
Wave Graph
kJ	140	140	138	93	90	71	69	34	71	71	69	66	64	70	96	93	93	126	126	173
Wind (km/h)	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	E	SE
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	off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				7:14PM1.08m				9:12AM1.04m				7:39PM1.06m					10:10AM1.04m			8:06PM1.03m
Low Tide						2:14AM0.26m				2:25PM0.75m				2:54AM0.22m				3:12PM0.81m


	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	6:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:17	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	26
Feels °C	27	27	29	28	27	26	26	27	26	27	28	27	27	26	26	27	26	28	29	29
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 11	N 12	N 12	N 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11
kJ	140	140	138	93	90	71	69	34	71	71	69	66	64	70	96	93	93	126	126	173
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NNE 13	NNE 13	NNE 13	E 7
kJ	32	31	17	17	33	18	31	17	31	43	42	41	29	27	15	15	35	35	35	4
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 10	ENE 9	NNW 10	NNW 10	NNW 10	N 13	N 13	N 12	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 8	NNW 8	NNW 8	NW 8
kJ	4	8	10	10	9	31	30	28	8	8	8	16	8	7	7	8	7	7	7	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 5	E 4	E 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	E 4	E 4	E 4	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 6	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5
kJ	15	12	8	5	5	7	11	19	21	22	17	18	28	30	28	33	26	19	13	13
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Edmago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Aitape Sandaun	Karawop East Sepik	Karawop East Sepik	Karawop East Sepik	Nago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Aitape Sandaun	Karawop East Sepik	Karawop East Sepik	Aitape Sandaun	Jailbreak Sandaun	Edmago New Ireland	Tarawai East Sepik	Tarawai East Sepik	Tarawai East Sepik
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	831	831	831	101	29	29	29	838	831	831	831	101	29	29	101	223	831	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)					1	1	1						1	1				1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	9	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4

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