Tarawai Surf Break

Lat Long: 3.21° S 143.25° E

Tarawai, Papua New Guinea Weather Observations

Issued: 3 am 20 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Tarawai sea temperature is
28.4°C
0.3° 

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

Current weather conditions and live observations for Tarawai based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Tarawai right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near Tarawai

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

Aitape

100 km WSW3 m above sea level

1 hour ago
-
5
calm
(4 km/h at 110°)
23.6 °C-
-

no observation

Jayapura/Sentani Airport

311 km W88 m above sea level

2 hours ago
part cloudDry and partly cloudy
5
calm
(4 km/h at 1°)
24 °C10.0
10.0
scattered
scattered
-

Goroka Highlands Airport

394 km SE1587 m above sea level

3 hours ago
-
-
(- km/h at -°)
- °C30
30
-
-
-

lightning 196km WNW of Abepura

492 km W0 m above sea level

3 hours ago
thunderstorm Thunderstorm

(- km/h at -°)
°C


Nadzab

535 km SE70 m above sea level

3 hours ago
mod rainrain
-
(- km/h at -°)
24.9 °C30
30

-

Coconut Island

757 km S4 m above sea level

1 hour ago
no report
-
(- km/h at -°)
26.1 °C-
-

-

Port Moresby

812 km SSE48 m above sea level

3 hours ago
clearhaze
30
fresh winds from the SSE
(30 km/h at 160°)
25.9 °C20
20

-

Horn Island Airport

822 km S13 m above sea level

2 hours ago
part cloudDry and partly cloudy
25
moderate winds from the ESE
(24 km/h at 120°)
24 °C10.0
10.0
few
scattered
broken

Horn Island Automatic Weather Station

823 km S5 m above sea level

1 hour ago
no report
20
moderate winds from the SE
(22 km/h at 130°)
24.0 °C-
-
-
no observation
-

SHIP3694

824 km S15 m above sea level

1 hour ago
-
(- km/h at -°)
25.0 °C- km
- km


* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to Tarawai and within an acceptable time window.

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