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Lat Long: 8.56° S 172.46° W

Utua Mamao (Atafu) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 13 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Utua Mamao (Atafu) sea temperature is
29.5°C
0.4° 

Utua Mamao (Atafu) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Utua Mamao (Atafu) today (13 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Utua Mamao (Atafu) at 9PM is: 2.1m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 17s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 13). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (+13) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Oct)--
Afternoon (13 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)9s
Evening (13 Oct)7ft (2.1m)9s

Table - waves today at Utua Mamao (Atafu). (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 51mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 28°C on Fri morning, min 25°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
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
1
0
0
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
SE
9
2.3
SE
9
2.1
SE
9
2.1
SE
9
2.1
SE
9
2.1
SE
9
2.1
SE
9
2.1
SE
9
2.1
SE
9
2
ESE
9
1.9
SE
9
1.8
SE
9
1.7
SE
9
1.6
SE
9
1.6
SE
9
1.7
SE
9
1.8
SE
9
1.9
SE
10
2
SE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
863
882
777
760
690
744
719
777
734
695
639
539
491
446
446
502
549
653
723
Wind (km/h)
25
SE
20
SE
20
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
5
NW
0
SSE
5
SE
15
S
15
S
25
SSE
25
S
25
S
20
S
15
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
7:13PM1.22m
7:32AM1.05m
7:48PM1.13m
8:08AM0.95m
8:28PM1.04m
Low Tide
1:31AM0.22m
1:32PM0.27m
2:09AM0.30m
2:07PM0.35m
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6:23
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 mm
2
6
11
8
5
4
9
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Temp °C
27
27
26
25
25
26
25
25
26
26
26
26
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
Feels °C
27
29
28
28
27
28
30
30
31
29
28
27
28
27
27
29
28
28
28
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