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Lat Long: 8.56° S 172.46° W

Utua Mamao (Atafu) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Utua Mamao (Atafu) sea temperature is
29.7°C
0.7° 

Utua Mamao (Atafu) 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 Utua Mamao (Atafu) today (06 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Utua Mamao (Atafu) at 7PM is: 1.6m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+13) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)6ft (1.8m)8s
Afternoon (06 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Evening (06 Oct)5ft (1.6m)8s

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

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Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 161mm), heaviest during Tue morning. Warm (max 27°C on Tue night, min 23°C on Tue morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Tue
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
ESE
8
1.7
ESE
8
2
ESE
8
1.6
ESE
8
1.6
ESE
8
1.7
ESE
8
1.7
ESE
8
1.5
ESE
8
1.6
ESE
8
1.6
ESE
8
1.7
ESE
8
1.8
ESE
8
1.8
ESE
7
1.8
ESE
7
2
ESE
7
2
ESE
7
1.7
E
6
1.8
ESE
8
1.7
ESE
8
1.7
ESE
8
1.7
ESE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
394
348
483
318
318
374
356
253
302
277
336
353
344
344
417
417
232
457
412
381
394
Wind (km/h)
20
ESE
20
ENE
20
ESE
20
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
25
E
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
E
30
E
35
ENE
25
E
25
ESE
30
E
30
E
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
3:01PM1.13m
3:19AM1.27m
3:46PM1.23m
4:02AM1.33m
4:25PM1.30m
Low Tide
8:50AM0.19m
9:03PM0.21m
9:36AM0.12m
9:50PM0.13m
10:16AM0.08m
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6:11
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6:09
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6:23
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6:23
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 mm
13
42
20
1
1
2
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3
5
3
4
5
6
6
6
6
7
6
3
4
4
Temp °C
25
23
24
26
26
25
26
27
27
26
26
25
26
26
26
26
25
26
26
26
27
Feels °C
27
24
25
27
24
23
24
27
27
25
26
24
24
24
25
25
24
27
26
25
26
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