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	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	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	2	1	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	0.4 SSW	0.3 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	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s)	10	13	17	16	18	16	15	14	14	14	17	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	18	19	17
Energy	258	78	91	284	1018	909	592	466	305	467	1001	1251	731	444	323	234	250	621	421	1388	1158	616
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	on	on	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			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
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	8:13AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	2	3	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	3	-	-	-
High °C	29	22	21	21	21	20	19	16	17	17	16	16	17	17	16	17	17	16	17	16	15	15
Low °C	29	22	19	19	20	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	15	14	15
Chill °C (?)	29	22	21	21	21	20	19	14	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	17	17	15	17	15	14	14
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11
Sunset	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	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	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	13	13	16	18	16	15	14	14	14	13	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	19	18	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 W	0.3 NW	1.0 SW	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.3 E	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	8	7	17	12	3	-	-	4	6	4	17	-	4	-	-	23	21	4	24	21	19	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.8 NNW	0.8 N	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	-	3	3	4	-	-	3	4	4	3	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	11	11	18	19	4

	Wednesday 13	Thursday 14	Friday 15
	6AM	9AM	12PM	3:30PM	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	6:30PM	9:30PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	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	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	2	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	1.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.3 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	1.0 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s)	10	10	10	13	13	10	17	16	16	16	19	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14
Energy	263	258	258	78	82	221	91	113	170	284	680	1018	964	1065	909	813	796	592	558	466	409	327
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	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	mid-ebb	low
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)			10:10AM 0.58						5:37AM 0.30					7:28PM 0.26			5:52AM 0.25					8:04PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	3
Temp. °C	28	29	29	22	22	29	20	19	19	19	21	21	20	20	18	19	19	19	17	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	28	29	29	22	22	29	20	19	19	19	21	21	20	20	18	19	19	19	16	14	14	14
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.4 SSW	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	1.0 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	13	13	10	13	13	12	16	19	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.4 N	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 W	-
Period (s)	9	8	8	7	18	8	17	16	16	12	13	3	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	-	0.3 NE	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 N	0.8 NNW	0.6 NNE	0.8 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	3	-	3	3	4	4	4	-	3	-	-	3	3	3	3	4	3	4

	Wednesday 13																				Thu
	4AM	5AM	6AM	7:30AM	8:30AM	9AM	10:30AM	11:30AM	12:30PM	1:30PM	2:30PM	3:30PM	4:30PM	5:30PM	6:30PM	7:30PM	8:30PM	9:30PM	10:30PM	11:30PM	0:30AM	1:30AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Palau	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	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	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	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	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	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period(s)	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	10	13	13	10	10	10	10	13	17	17
Energy	96	95	263	263	258	258	258	258	258	258	79	78	245	83	82	206	225	221	220	75	91	89
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)																					12:01AM 0.55
Low Tide / height (m)								10:10AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	28	21	22	29	22	22	29	29	29	28	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	19	19	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	28	21	22	29	22	22	29	29	29	28	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	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	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	10	13	13	10	10	10	10	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	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	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 NNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 NNW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	18	18	8	8	8	8	18	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	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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