Surf Break

Lat Long: 3.21° S 143.25° E

Tarawai 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tarawai sea temperature is
28.4°C
0.8° 

Tarawai surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Tarawai today (27 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 12s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 12s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for Tarawai at 10PM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm October 27). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (+10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Oct)--
Afternoon (27 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (27 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 28°C on Thu morning, min 26°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
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)
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
NW
12
0.5
NW
12
0.5
NW
12
0.5
NW
12
0.4
NW
12
0.4
NW
12
0.4
NW
12
0.4
NW
11
0.4
NW
11
0.4
NW
11
0.4
NW
11
0.5
NE
10
0.5
NE
10
0.6
NE
10
0.6
NE
10
0.6
NE
10
0.6
NE
10
0.6
NE
11
0.7
NE
11
0.7
NE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
75
73
72
72
51
35
35
33
31
35
37
50
49
63
61
60
89
94
114
116
Wind (km/h)
10
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
25
ENE
20
E
20
E
15
E
Wind State
off
off
glassy
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:57PM1.13m
10:00AM1.10m
7:36PM1.14m
11:03AM1.11m
8:21PM1.12m
Low Tide
2:28AM0.05m
2:43PM0.88m
3:18AM0.00m
3:42PM0.91m
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
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6:03
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6:03
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3
1
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1
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Temp °C
27
27
27
27
27
26
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
26
27
28
28
28
27
27
Feels °C
30
30
31
32
31
30
30
29
29
30
31
31
31
29
30
30
28
29
29
30
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