Tarawai 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 3.21° S 143.25° E

Issued: 9 am 20 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tarawai sea temperature is

28.4°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 (20 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with N swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with N swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tarawai at 2PM is: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 20). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	10s
Afternoon (20 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	10s
Evening (20 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 27°C on Sun morning, min 26°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Sunday 20						Monday 21								Tuesday 22
	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	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)	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	N 14	N 13	NE 11	NE 11	N 12	N 12	NE 11
Wave Graph
kJ	2	2	2	2	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	18	18	19	16	14	19	19	26	25	46
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	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	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide					4:51PM0.96m			1:15AM0.94m					5:28PM0.97m			2:20AM0.94m					5:54PM0.99m
Low Tide		8:35AM0.29m				9:21PM0.87m				9:26AM0.29m					10:13PM0.85m				10:12AM0.30m


	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	1	1	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	27	27	27	27	27	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Feels °C	26	27	26	27	28	29	29	28	26	27	26	27	27	28	26	28	27	27	27	27	28	28
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	ENE 9	ENE 9	NE 11	NE 11	N 12	N 12	NE 11
kJ	30	29	29	27	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	18	18	19	8	8	19	19	26	25	46
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 6	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 14	N 14	N 13	N 13	N 12	NE 11	NE 11	N 11
kJ	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	6	6	1	2	6	16	16	14	14	12	18	18	22
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 10	NW 6	NW 6	NW 6	NW 6	NW 6	NW 6	NW 6	NW 6	NW 6	NW 6	NW 6	NW 6	N 14	N 8	N 9	N 10	N 9	N 9	NNE 13	NNE 13	N 10
kJ	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	7	7	2	6	17	17	7
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 5	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7
kJ	71	57	44	43	54	39	36	34	52	47	51	61	64	61	59	72	69	69	71	72	57	43
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Narimu and Buro Reefs Sandaun	Threes Guam	Talofofo/The Bay Guam	Talofofo/The Bay Guam	Talofofo/The Bay Guam	Talofofo/The Bay Guam	Talofofo/The Bay Guam	Karawop East Sepik	Sissano Lagoon Sandaun	Talofofo/The Bay Guam	Threes Guam	Threes Guam	Threes Guam	Threes Guam	Kundu Kundu New Georgia	Aitape Sandaun	Jailbreak Sandaun	Jailbreak Sandaun	Edmago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Aitape Sandaun
Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	221	1838	1847	1847	1847	1847	1847	29	131	1847	1838	1838	1838	1838	1650	101	223	223	831	831	831	101
Best forecast wave conditions in East Sepik								Karawop
Rating (10 max)								1
Best forecast wave conditions in Papua New Guinea	Lidos Right Sandaun							Karawop East Sepik	Sissano Lagoon Sandaun							Aitape Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Nago New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Long Long New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Long Long New Ireland
Rating (10 max)	1							1	1							1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Header Global	Asu Indonesia	Asu Indonesia	Gas Bay Australia	Nine Mile New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks New Zealand	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks New Zealand	Shipwreck Bay-Supertubes New Zealand	Cyclops Australia	Cyclops Australia	Ethel Wreck Australia	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ouano Lefts New Caledonia	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Papatowai New Zealand	Quarantine Australia	Frigates Fiji	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia
Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	8	9	9	7	8	8	5	5	5	4	4	6	8	9	8	6	5	9	9

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