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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	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in French Polynesia	Nao Nao Raiatea	Arue Beach Tahiti	Parea Left Huahine	Nao Nao Raiatea	Paea Tahiti	Haapiti Moorea	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Bali Hai Huahine	Bali Hai Huahine	Haapiti Moorea	Nao Nao Raiatea	Faaone Tahiti	Bali Hai Huahine	Nao Nao Raiatea	Haapiti Moorea
Rating	3	0	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.1 NW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.7 NW	0.6 N	1.0 S	1.2 S	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.7 S	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	6	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	9	9	13	12	9	13
Energy(?)	586	190	462	397	517	436	323	331	288	326	217	265	264	217	238	249	159	235	186	107	109	200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:33AM 0.19		12:01AM 0.39	12:18PM 0.40		11:40PM 0.20	12:21PM 0.19		12:06AM 0.21	1:11PM 0.18		1:23AM 0.40	1:03PM 0.19		12:58AM 0.22	1:51PM 0.24		1:47AM 0.25		2:07PM 0.22	2:57AM 0.39
Low Tide / height (m)		6:12PM 0.07		6:01AM 0.21	5:46PM 0.07		6:11AM 0.02	6:53PM 0.20		7:07AM 0.00	7:05PM 0.03		7:02AM 0.01	6:54PM 0.04		7:47AM 0.03	7:46PM 0.05		8:12AM 0.05		8:21PM 0.22	9:06AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	6	3	4	1	-	2	2	1	7	-	-	-	3	1	2	2	-	4	1	1	5	1
High °C	26	27	27	27	28	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	28	28	27	28	28	27	28	28	27
Low °C	26	26	27	27	28	27	27	27	27	27	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	26	26
Chill °C (?)	26	27	27	27	28	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	28	28	27	28	28	27	28	28	27
Sunrise	5:26	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:22
Sunset	-	6:29	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.6 E	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	0.6 N	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	14	8	13	12	12	8	8	8	12	12	14	13	14	14	9	9	9	9	13	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.4 ENE	1.2 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.4 NW	0.5 E	0.5 N	0.5 SE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	8	11	15	8	7	12	13	13	8	8	8	16	13	14	14	14	14	13	7	12	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.4 NNE	-	0.5 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	8	-	-	-

	Wednesday 17							Thursday 18								Friday 19
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in French Polynesia	Nao Nao Raiatea	Faaone Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Nao Nao Raiatea	Nao Nao Raiatea	Nao Nao Raiatea	Arue Beach Tahiti	Nao Nao Raiatea	Parea Left Huahine	Parea Left Huahine	Arue Beach Tahiti	Nao Nao Raiatea	Nao Nao Raiatea	Nao Nao Raiatea	Paea Tahiti	Haapiti Moorea	Haapiti Moorea	Haapiti Moorea	Haapiti Moorea	Arue Beach Tahiti	Fare Left Huahine
Rating	3	1	0	0	3	3	2	0	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	0.7 E	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 NNW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.7 NNW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	8	6	6	14	13	13	6	13	12	12	15	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	11
Energy(?)	538	73	130	194	615	581	471	173	425	343	349	280	393	328	321	637	414	401	391	390	331	230
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	on	on	off	off	off	on	off	off	off	on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				11:54AM 0.40				12:01AM 0.39				12:18PM 0.40				12:00AM 0.26				12:33PM 0.23
Low Tide / height (m)		5:54AM 0.05				5:28PM 0.08				6:17AM 0.01				5:46PM 0.07				6:21AM 0.02				6:52PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	2	3	2	2	5	2	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	2	-	4
Temp. °C	26	27	26	27	25	27	26	27	26	27	27	27	26	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Chill °C (?)	26	27	26	27	25	27	26	27	26	27	27	27	26	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Sunrise	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 E	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 NNW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.7 W	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	8	8	8	14	13	13	8	13	12	12	15	12	12	12	11	8	8	8	8	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 E	0.6 NNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	1.1 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW
Period (s)	8	12	12	11	8	8	8	11	8	15	15	8	14	14	14	8	11	11	11	11	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	7	7	6	7	7	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 17																					Thu
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in French Polynesia	Nao Nao Raiatea	Faaone Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Nao Nao Raiatea	Nao Nao Raiatea	Nao Nao Raiatea	Arue Beach Tahiti	Nao Nao Raiatea	Parea Left Huahine	Parea Left Huahine	Arue Beach Tahiti	Nao Nao Raiatea	Nao Nao Raiatea	Nao Nao Raiatea	Paea Tahiti	Haapiti Moorea	Haapiti Moorea	Haapiti Moorea	Haapiti Moorea	Arue Beach Tahiti	Fare Left Huahine
Rating	3	1	0	0	3	3	2	0	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.7 E	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 NW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 NW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 WNW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	8	6	6	15	15	15	6	14	14	14	6	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	6	13
Energy(?)	499	73	132	132	512	499	482	131	586	474	468	194	641	632	615	718	695	670	665	665	190	510
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	on	off	off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										11:55AM 0.19												11:57PM 0.19
Low Tide / height (m)				5:33AM 0.21												5:46PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	27
Chill °C (?)	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 E	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 E	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 E	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	16	8	8	8	15	15	15	8	14	14	14	8	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 W	0.4 NNW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.5 E
Period (s)	8	12	12	12	8	8	8	12	8	8	7	11	8	8	8	11	8	8	8	8	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.0 NW	1.0 NNW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	7	6	5	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	5

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