Tarawai 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 3.21° S 143.25° E

Issued: 9 pm 23 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tarawai sea temperature is

28.3°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 (24 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 11s period with N swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 11s period with N swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Tarawai at 3AM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 23). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 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 (24 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	11s
Afternoon (24 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	11s
Evening (24 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	12s

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

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Wed night. Warm (max 28°C on Thu afternoon, min 27°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Wed 23		Thursday 24								Friday 25
	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
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	NNW 13	NNW 13	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 11	N 11	N 11
Wave Graph
kJ	59	58	57	57	56	61	62	63	65	131	129	155	150	147	109	102	88	85
Wind (km/h)	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	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
High Tide	6:14PM1.00m				4:30AM0.97m				6:32PM1.02m				5:32AM0.98m				6:49PM1.04m
Low Tide			11:36PM0.76m				11:34AM0.35m				00:13AM0.68m				12:12PM0.41m


	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:15	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	27
Feels °C	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	29	29	29	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	28
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	NNW 13	NNW 13	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 11	N 11	N 11
kJ	59	58	57	57	56	61	62	63	65	131	129	155	150	147	109	102	88	85
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 10	N 10	N 10	NNW 10	NNW 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9
kJ	53	53	30	32	33	54	51	35	35	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	22	22
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 13	NNW 13	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 13	NNW 13	NNW 14	NNW 14	NNW 14	E 12	E 12	E 12	—	—	—	—	—	E 11
kJ	34	18	50	50	32	35	36	36	36	3	3	3	—	—	—	—	—	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 5	E 6	E 6	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 4	E 5	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 7	E 7
kJ	20	30	23	21	20	21	21	15	21	39	63	63	57	53	57	79	92	72
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Edmago New Ireland	Karawop East Sepik	Karawop East Sepik	Karawop East Sepik	Karawop East Sepik	Jailbreak Sandaun	Nago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Karawop East Sepik	Jailbreak Sandaun	Jailbreak Sandaun	Edmago New Ireland	Jailbreak Sandaun	Jailbreak Sandaun
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	831	29	29	29	29	223	838	831	831	101	101	101	29	223	223	831	223	223
Best forecast wave conditions in East Sepik		Karawop	Karawop	Karawop	Karawop								Forok Point
Rating (10 max)		1	1	1	1								2
Best forecast wave conditions in Papua New Guinea	Nago New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Nago New Ireland	Nusa New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Long Long New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Forok Point East Sepik	Nago New Ireland	Lidos Right Sandaun	Nago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Lidos Right Sandaun
Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
Header Global	Stent Road New Zealand	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks New Zealand	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks New Zealand	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) New Zealand	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) New Zealand	Chameau Mauritius	Black Rocks Mauritius	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Pascuales Mexico	Pascuales Mexico	Beach Road South Africa	Dunmoran Strand Ireland	Barra de Guaratiba Brazil	Portballintrae Ireland	Marazion United Kingdom	Inishcrone Ireland	Ahijedero Mexico
Rating (10 max)	7	9	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	9	6	4	5	4	5	5	7	4

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