Surf Break

Lat Long: 8.56° S 172.46° W

Utua Mamao (Atafu) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 15 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Utua Mamao (Atafu) sea temperature is
29.4°C
0.3° 

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 (15 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Utua Mamao (Atafu) at 5AM is: 1.7m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 15). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (+13) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Oct)5ft (1.6m)9s
Afternoon (15 Oct)5ft (1.6m)9s
Evening (15 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 60mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 28°C on Thu afternoon, min 25°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Thu morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Fri night).

Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
SE
9
1.7
SE
9
1.6
SE
9
1.6
SE
9
1.6
SE
9
1.6
SE
9
1.6
SE
9
1.7
SE
9
1.9
SE
9
2.1
SE
9
2.1
SE
10
2
SE
10
1.9
SE
10
1.9
SE
10
1.8
SE
10
1.8
SE
10
1.7
SE
10
1.7
SE
10
1.8
SE
10
1.7
SE
10
1.8
SE
10
1.8
SE
10
1.7
SE
10
1.7
SSE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
574
491
446
446
446
456
456
492
619
714
752
723
681
673
624
577
531
535
585
546
612
600
535
490
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
20
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
High Tide
8:08AM0.95m
8:28PM1.04m
8:53AM0.86m
9:19PM0.95m
9:59AM0.79m
Low Tide
2:09AM0.30m
2:07PM0.35m
2:54AM0.39m
2:50PM0.43m
3:54AM0.46m
3:51PM0.50m
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 mm
2
4
1
1
1
1
6
6
7
15
13
2
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Temp °C
27
27
27
27
27
28
27
27
25
25
25
26
27
28
27
27
27
27
27
27
28
28
28
28
Feels °C
30
30
30
31
30
30
30
29
26
29
28
28
28
28
28
28
26
26
25
26
28
28
28
28
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