Palau Surf

Detailed Palau 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 Palau. 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 Palau. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Palau over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Palau and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Palau Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Palau Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Palau coastline are also listed below.

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	Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			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 Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Santa Maria Anguar Palau
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 NNE
Period(s)	10	10	13	16	18	16	15	14	14	14	17	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	19	8
Energy	258	258	75	282	1018	825	589	528	305	472	1025	1359	731	451	388	271	305	222	284	342	389	64
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:16PM 1.47	12:01AM 0.55		12:32PM 0.85	12:41AM 0.52		12:55PM 1.00	1:13AM 0.49		1:24PM 1.13	1:42AM 0.45		1:57PM 1.22	2:10AM 0.43		2:33PM 1.27	2:36AM 0.41		3:11PM 1.26	3:02AM 0.40	8:27AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)	10:10AM 0.58		6:52PM 0.37	5:37AM 0.30		7:28PM 0.26	5:52AM 0.25		8:04PM 0.18	6:14AM 0.19		8:40PM 0.13	6:40AM 0.14		9:17PM 0.11	7:09AM 0.09		9:56PM 0.13	7:41AM 0.06		10:36PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	1	2	3	3	-	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	6
High °C	29	29	21	21	21	20	19	16	17	18	16	16	17	17	16	16	17	16	16	15	15	28
Low °C	29	29	18	18	21	19	15	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	28
Chill °C (?)	29	29	21	21	21	20	19	15	16	17	15	16	17	17	16	16	17	16	15	13	14	28
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	5:46
Sunset	-	6:10	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 E
Period (s)	10	10	13	16	18	16	15	14	14	14	13	15	14	13	13	12	21	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.0 SW	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	8	8	17	12	3	-	-	-	6	5	17	-	4	-	-	23	21	20	20	18	19	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.6 NNE	0.7 N	0.6 NW	0.4 NNE	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	1.0 SW	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	-	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	12	-	-	5	-	-

	Wednesday 13								Thursday 14								Friday 15
	0AM	3:30AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6:30PM	9PM	0:30AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	9:30AM	12:30PM	3:30PM	6:30PM	9:30PM	0:30AM	3:30AM	6:30AM	9:30AM	12:30PM	3:30PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	0.5 SW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	10	14	10	10	10	10	13	10	13	16	16	16	19	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14
Energy	307	98	263	258	258	258	82	221	75	113	142	282	682	1018	962	1065	825	813	795	589	558	528
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			3:42AM 1.60						12:01AM 0.55					12:32PM 0.85				12:41AM 0.52				12:55PM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)	9:15PM 0.65				10:10AM 0.58						5:37AM 0.30					7:28PM 0.26			5:52AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	1	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	2
Temp. °C	28	19	28	29	29	29	22	29	20	19	18	18	21	21	21	19	20	19	19	19	15	16
Chill °C (?)	28	19	28	29	29	29	22	29	20	19	18	18	21	21	21	19	20	19	19	19	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	0.5 SW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	14	10	10	10	10	13	10	13	13	12	16	19	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.1 SW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.1 SW	0.4 N	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	9	8	9	8	8	8	18	8	17	16	16	12	13	3	3	-	-	3	-	-	3	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.5 N	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	4	3

	Tue		Wednesday 13
	10PM	11:30PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4:30AM	5AM	6:30AM	7:30AM	8:30AM	9:30AM	10:30AM	11:30AM	12:30PM	1:30PM	2:30PM	3:30PM	4:30PM	5:30PM	6:30PM	7:30PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau
Rating	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.0 ENE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	10
Energy	307	307	307	307	139	98	96	95	263	263	258	258	258	258	258	258	258	258	245	205	82	206
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)																				4:16PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)	9:15PM 0.65													10:10AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	29	29	28	28	19	19	19	19	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	22	29
Chill °C (?)	29	29	28	28	19	19	19	19	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	22	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.1 SW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	13	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	18	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

Palau Surf Breaks

Melekeok (Babelthuap)

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Santa Maria Anguar

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West Passage (Babelthuap)

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