Tarawai 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 3.21° S 143.25° E

Issued: 9 am 18 Oct 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 (18 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 11s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tarawai at 5PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 09:00am October 18). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 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 (18 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	11s
Afternoon (18 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Evening (18 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 28°C on Mon afternoon, min 26°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sunday 18						Monday 19								Tuesday 20
	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	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	1	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 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 12	NE 11	NNE 11	NE 11	NE 10	NNE 10	NE 10	NNE 10	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 12
Wave Graph
kJ	40	40	40	37	35	35	35	71	61	79	56	52	69	25	62	59	23	61	61	85	79	43
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	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	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				3:05PM1.00m			11:15PM0.89m					3:45PM1.01m			00:30AM0.87m						4:13PM1.02m
Low Tide	6:43AM0.29m					8:28PM0.87m				7:34AM0.32m				9:26PM0.84m				8:23AM0.36m


	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	27	27	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	27
Feels °C	29	28	28	28	29	30	29	28	26	28	26	28	28	29	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	30
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	NE 11	NE 11	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 12	NE 11	NNE 11	NE 11	NE 10	NNE 10	NE 10	NNE 10	N 11	NNE 10	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 10
kJ	9	40	40	37	35	35	35	71	61	79	56	52	69	25	62	59	19	61	61	85	79	32
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 11	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	ESE 5	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 8	NNE 11	N 8	NE 10	N 11	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	N 12
kJ	40	18	31	17	17	5	15	15	15	15	6	6	6	25	5	15	23	14	14	14	14	43
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 10	N 8	E 13	E 13	E 7	N 10	NNE 13	E 13	E 13	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	N 8	E 12	N 8	NE 10	NE 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	NE 9
kJ	9	5	3	3	4	17	31	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	3	5	14	6	3	3	3	14
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	E 6	E 6	E 5	E 5	ENE 4	E 5	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5
kJ	—	10	9	14	13	6	21	44	59	47	33	41	39	38	37	34	34	25	24	32	33	25
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Karawop East Sepik	Narimu and Buro Reefs Sandaun	Nago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Tarawai East Sepik	Tarawai East Sepik	Karawop East Sepik	Karawop East Sepik	Karawop East Sepik	Karawop East Sepik	Kundu Kundu New Georgia	Skull Island New Georgia	Karawop East Sepik	Aitape Sandaun	Jailbreak Sandaun	Jailbreak Sandaun	Karawop East Sepik	Karawop East Sepik	Edmago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Aitape Sandaun
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	29	221	838	831	0	0	29	29	29	29	1650	1641	29	101	223	223	29	29	831	831	831	101
Best forecast wave conditions in East Sepik	Tupira Right				Tarawai	Tarawai	Karawop	Karawop	Forok Point	Forok Point			Karawop				Forok Point	Karawop
Rating (10 max)	1				1	1	1	1	1	1			1				1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in Papua New Guinea	Tupira Right East Sepik	Nago New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Logs Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun			Karawop East Sepik	Jailbreak Sandaun	Rubio New Ireland	Rubio New Ireland	Rubio New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Lidos Right Sandaun
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Header Global	Papatowai New Zealand	Nugget Point New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Nugget Point New Zealand	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Albatross South Africa	Asu Indonesia	Trial Harbour Australia	Papatowai New Zealand	Ahijedero Mexico	Lebu Chile	Brims Ness United Kingdom	Brims Ness United Kingdom	Brims Ness United Kingdom	Alnes Lighthouse Norway	Alnes Lighthouse Norway	Alnes Lighthouse Norway	Alnes Lighthouse Norway	Baler - Lindy's Point Philippines	Calicoan Island ABCD Beach Philippines
Rating (10 max)	5	5	6	7	5	4	4	4	4	5	9	4	5	5	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	5

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