Tuamotu Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.71° S 178.05° E

Tuamotu Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Tuamotu Island sea temperature is
13.1°C
0.8° 

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


How big are the waves at Tuamotu Island today (08 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tuamotu Island at 8PM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.7m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)--
Afternoon (08 Sep)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (08 Sep)5ft (1.6m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu afternoon, min 7°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
SSE
8
2.5
SSE
8
1.6
SE
8
1.5
SE
8
1.4
SE
8
1.3
SE
8
1.3
SE
8
1.1
SE
8
1.1
SE
8
1
SE
8
1
SE
8
0.9
ESE
8
0.9
SE
7
0.9
SE
7
0.8
SE
8
0.7
SE
7
0.6
SE
7
0.6
SE
7
0.6
ESE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
907
909
367
291
266
211
206
159
151
113
113
98
79
79
67
56
44
44
37
Wind (km/h)
25
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
10
E
20
ENE
15
NNE
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
5
W
10
NNW
15
NW
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:51PM1.83m
3:33AM1.75m
4:11PM1.86m
4:48AM1.81m
5:18PM1.94m
Low Tide
9:17PM0.66m
9:47AM0.55m
10:31PM0.62m
10:55AM0.51m
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:18
6:16
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:51
5:52
5:52
 mm
Temp °C
10
11
9
8
7
8
10
12
12
12
10
10
9
8
12
16
17
14
12
Feels °C
5
6
6
4
4
5
8
10
8
9
7
6
5
4
7
12
15
12
9
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