Surf Break

Lat Long: 8.56° S 172.46° W

Utua Mamao (Atafu) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Utua Mamao (Atafu) sea temperature is
29.8°C
0.9° 

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 (29 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Utua Mamao (Atafu) at 10PM is: 2.2m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 29). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+13) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Sep)--
Afternoon (29 Sep)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (29 Sep)7ft (2.1m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 34mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 28°C on Tue afternoon, min 27°C on Tue night). Mainly strong winds.

Tue
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
SSE
9
2.1
SE
8
2.2
SE
9
2.2
SE
9
2.3
SE
9
2.4
SE
8
2.5
SE
8
2.5
SE
8
2.5
SE
8
2.5
SE
8
3
SE
8
3
SE
8
2.5
SE
8
2.5
SE
8
2.5
SE
8
2.5
SE
8
2.5
SE
8
2.5
SE
8
2.5
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
352
582
730
730
763
783
823
844
919
986
1091
1058
1010
953
1034
1034
987
987
1004
Wind (km/h)
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
40
SE
40
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
7:21PM1.33m
7:43AM1.19m
8:07PM1.26m
8:34AM1.08m
9:03PM1.17m
Low Tide
1:39AM0.12m
1:50PM0.16m
2:30AM0.19m
2:40PM0.25m
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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6:15
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6:13
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6:24
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6:23
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 mm
1
2
1
1
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1
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1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
28
28
28
27
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
27
28
27
27
27
27
28
28
Feels °C
28
29
28
26
27
26
26
27
26
26
26
25
26
25
25
26
25
26
26
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