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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	Tue	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
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	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Vaiaau Raiatea	Arue Beach Tahiti	Pai-Pai Raiatea	Miri-Miri Raiatea	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Fare Left Huahine	Maraa Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Haapiti Moorea	Haapiti Moorea
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.7 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	6	7	8	8	8	8	13	8	14	13	8	8	12	16	8	8	13	13
Energy(?)	24	29	22	19	271	399	482	432	461	432	427	365	265	276	214	269	207	492	197	159	890	1390
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:57PM 0.18	11:28AM 0.21		11:55PM 0.19	11:43AM 0.23		11:41PM 0.41	11:53AM 0.45		12:01AM 0.43	12:16PM 0.46		12:20AM 0.43	12:37PM 0.46		12:38AM 0.43	12:56PM 0.45		12:56AM 0.43	1:12PM 0.43		1:12AM 0.42
Low Tide / height (m)		5:39AM 0.05	5:38PM 0.04		5:47AM 0.03	5:44PM 0.16		5:37AM 0.17	6:06PM 0.15		5:59AM 0.16	6:27PM 0.15		6:19AM 0.15	6:46PM 0.16		6:39AM 0.15	7:03PM 0.17		6:57AM 0.15	7:19PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	5	9
High °C	26	25	26	26	25	26	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	26	26
Low °C	25	25	25	25	25	26	25	25	26	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	26	25
Chill °C (?)	26	25	26	26	25	26	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	26	26
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:54	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SE	0.9 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.4 SW	1.3 E	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	15	14	13	13	8	13	8	13	8	16	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.7 SE	0.2 N	0.7 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.4 SW	0.1 N	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	16	11	11	8	10	14	8	13	10	12	11	11	10	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	1.5 ENE	-	0.6 NNE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	-	8	-	6	8	8	-	-

	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in French Polynesia	Fare Left Huahine	Fare Left Huahine	Vaiaau Raiatea	Fare Left Huahine	Fare Left Huahine	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1442	2205	3174	2198	2089	22	29	29	22	22	21	19	18	255	271	334	399	458	512	482	465	462
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	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)				11:57PM 0.18				11:06AM 0.41				11:22PM 0.39				11:30AM 0.44				11:41PM 0.41
Low Tide / height (m)										5:21PM 0.18				5:17AM 0.20				5:44PM 0.16				5:37AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	1
Temp. °C	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	25	25	25	25	26
Chill °C (?)	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	25	25	25	25	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50
Sunset	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	16	7	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 ESE	1.3 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8

	Tuesday 16	Wednesday 17
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in French Polynesia	Fare Left Huahine	Fare Left Huahine	Vaiaau Raiatea	Fare Left Huahine	Fare Left Huahine	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period(s) (?)	13	16	16	16	16	8	8	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1178	1302	2213	1442	2205	32	32	22	22	21	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	29	29
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										11:06PM 0.37												11:06AM 0.41
Low Tide / height (m)															4:59AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Chill °C (?)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	16	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	7	8	8	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	7	7	7	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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