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Lat Long: 8.56° S 172.46° W

Utua Mamao (Atafu) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 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.


How big are the waves at Utua Mamao (Atafu) today (06 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Utua Mamao (Atafu) at 8AM is: 1.8m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+13) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Afternoon (06 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Evening (06 Oct)5ft (1.5m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 99mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Warm (max 28°C on Thu morning, min 24°C on Tue morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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)
0
0
1
2
0
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)
1.4
ESE
8
1.8
SE
8
1.8
SE
8
1.7
SE
8
1.8
SE
8
1.7
SE
8
1.6
ESE
8
1.5
ESE
8
1.5
ESE
8
1.5
ESE
8
1.5
ESE
8
0.7
SSW
16
1.5
ESE
8
1.7
ESE
8
1.8
ESE
7
1.9
ESE
7
1.8
ESE
7
1.7
ESE
8
1.7
ESE
8
1.7
ESE
8
1.7
ESE
8
1.9
ESE
8
1.9
SE
8
1.9
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
245
428
418
381
398
362
318
285
267
260
260
242
253
302
363
376
349
345
327
381
413
469
485
473
Wind (km/h)
25
ESE
20
ESE
10
ESE
15
S
35
SSE
30
SSE
35
ESE
30
ESE
35
E
30
E
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
20
ESE
25
ESE
35
ESE
35
E
30
ENE
25
E
25
E
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
High Tide
2:27AM1.20m
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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6:09
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6:23
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6:23
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 mm
10
9
8
5
15
16
1
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1
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1
5
4
4
3
3
3
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1
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4
Temp °C
27
26
26
25
24
24
25
26
26
27
27
26
26
27
27
26
25
26
26
27
28
28
27
28
Feels °C
28
28
29
28
23
23
24
25
24
26
27
25
25
28
26
24
23
24
26
27
27
27
26
27
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