French Polynesia Surf

Detailed French Polynesia surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in French Polynesia. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in French Polynesia. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in French Polynesia over the next 7 days. Surf photos from French Polynesia and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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French Polynesia Wavefinder

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	Wed		Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in French Polynesia	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Parea Left Huahine	Nao Nao Raiatea	Papara Beach Tahiti	Nao Nao Raiatea	Faaroa Raiatea	Bali Hai Huahine	Arue Beach Tahiti	Motu Mahara Huahine	Haapiti Moorea	Bali Hai Huahine	Bali Hai Huahine	Bali Hai Huahine	Bali Hai Huahine	Fare Left Huahine	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Miri-Miri Raiatea	Faaroa Raiatea	Faaroa Raiatea	Club Med Moorea
Rating	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 NNW	0.6 N	0.5 N	1.1 S	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.7 NW	0.6 N	1.0 S	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.6 NNE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	12	12	11	11	11	12	14	13	10	14	14	14	14	9	14	13	8	9	13	7
Energy(?)	190	185	338	333	448	242	194	174	349	139	286	166	220	295	249	237	224	201	108	76	250	36
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	off	cross	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		12:01AM 0.39	12:18PM 0.40		12:29AM 0.40	12:41PM 0.40		12:40AM 0.20	1:04PM 0.39		1:07AM 0.21	1:03PM 0.19		12:58AM 0.22			1:45AM 0.32			2:16AM 0.24		2:01PM 0.17
Low Tide / height (m)	6:06PM 0.20		6:01AM 0.21	6:30PM 0.20		6:29AM 0.20	6:53PM 0.20		6:57AM 0.21	7:05PM 0.03		7:02AM 0.01	7:19PM 0.05		8:08AM 0.02	7:32PM 0.03		8:12AM 0.05	7:42PM 0.05	8:13PM 0.06	8:42AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	2	1	-	3	-	-	2	3	1	1	-	-	3	2	1	2	2	1
High °C	28	27	27	28	28	27	28	28	27	28	28	27	28	28	27	28	27	27	28	28	27	27
Low °C	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	27	27	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	27	27	27	27
Chill °C (?)	28	27	27	28	28	27	28	28	27	28	28	27	28	28	27	28	27	27	28	28	27	27
Sunrise	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:31	-
Sunset	6:29	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:34
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.7 NNW	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	12	12	8	7	11	10	12	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	14	13	8	9	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.7 W	0.7 NNW	0.6 W	0.5 N	0.6 W	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.7 NW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.5 NW	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.5 N	0.6 S	0.7 SW
Period (s)	11	11	15	14	11	11	7	12	8	13	7	14	14	14	14	14	13	7	8	12	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	1.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	7	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 17					Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in French Polynesia	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Parea Left Huahine	Arue Beach Tahiti	Parea Left Huahine	Parea Left Huahine	Nao Nao Raiatea	Haapiti Moorea	Nao Nao Raiatea	Motu Mahara Huahine	Pai-Pai Raiatea	Papara Beach Tahiti	Haapiti Moorea	Nao Nao Raiatea	Haapiti Moorea	Haapiti Moorea	Faaroa Raiatea
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.5 NW	1.0 SSW	0.6 NNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 NNW	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	6	6	6	15	12	15	12	12	12	12	12	13	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	125	194	190	185	192	185	221	343	297	338	343	328	466	288	300	441	382	384	233	339	301	204
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	off	on	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:54AM 0.40				12:01AM 0.39				12:22PM 0.19				11:40PM 0.20				12:33PM 0.23				12:16AM 0.20
Low Tide / height (m)				6:06PM 0.20				6:17AM 0.01				5:46PM 0.07				6:28AM 0.01				6:30PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
Temp. °C	27	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	28	27	28	27	27	27
Chill °C (?)	27	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	28	27	28	27	27	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 NW	1.0 SSW	0.6 NNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 W	1.3 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	15	12	15	12	12	12	8	7	11	11	8	8	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 E	0.6 NNW	0.5 E	0.6 NNW	0.7 NW	0.5 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	8	15	8	15	14	14	12	12	7	7	11	11	7	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	1.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	5	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 17															Thursday 18
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in French Polynesia	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Parea Left Huahine	Arue Beach Tahiti	Parea Left Huahine	Parea Left Huahine	Nao Nao Raiatea	Haapiti Moorea	Nao Nao Raiatea	Motu Mahara Huahine	Pai-Pai Raiatea	Papara Beach Tahiti	Haapiti Moorea	Nao Nao Raiatea	Haapiti Moorea	Haapiti Moorea	Faaroa Raiatea
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 SSW	1.1 NW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.4 NNW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	14	6	14	14	13	13	13	11	13	13	13	13	13	12	13
Energy(?)	134	134	125	133	195	194	193	523	190	502	496	581	665	495	78	615	551	571	452	575	593	359
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	off	on	off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)				11:54AM 0.40												11:33PM 0.17
Low Tide / height (m)											6:03PM 0.05											5:58AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	27	27	28	28	27	27	27	27	26	28	27	26	27	27	26
Chill °C (?)	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	27	27	28	28	27	27	27	27	26	28	27	26	27	27	26
Sunrise	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.1 SSW	0.6 E	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	8	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 E	0.4 NNW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 NW	0.5 E	0.4 NNW	0.5 ENE	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	8	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	15	8	11	8	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	5	6	6	7	5	7	7	6	7	6	7	7

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