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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	Fri	Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24
	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 Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	Santa Maria Anguar Palau	Santa Maria Anguar Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	Santa Maria Anguar Palau	Santa Maria Anguar Palau	Santa Maria Anguar Palau	Santa Maria Anguar Palau	Santa Maria Anguar Palau	Santa Maria Anguar Palau	Santa Maria Anguar Palau
Rating	4	1	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 NNE	0.9 SW	2.1 NNE	1.9 NE	1.8 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.9 NE	2.0 NNE	1.9 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.9 NE	1.6 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 NNE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 NE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1761	252	1458	1174	1098	968	1112	1211	1116	1317	1211	835	749	778	597	496	463	396	325	263	234	217
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:10AM 0.60	6:47AM 1.91		7:45PM 1.80	7:21AM 1.93		8:31PM 1.75			9:20PM 1.66	8:37AM 1.83		10:15PM 1.55	9:37AM 1.81		11:20PM 1.45	10:15AM 1.58		12:42AM 1.39	11:30AM 1.45		2:09AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)			1:19PM 0.02	1:27AM 0.58		1:59PM -0.04	2:05AM 0.66	8:15AM 0.00	2:43PM -0.02	2:46AM 0.76		3:31PM 0.06		3:29AM 0.89	4:25PM 0.19		4:28AM 0.96	5:31PM 0.34		5:53AM 1.03		7:00PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	2	2	1	1
High °C	27	20	28	27	27	28	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	29	28	28	27	28	28	28	28	28
Low °C	26	15	27	26	27	27	26	27	27	26	27	27	27	27	28	26	27	28	27	27	28	27
Chill °C (?)	27	20	28	27	27	28	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	29	28	28	27	28	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	-	6:47	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 NNE	0.9 SW	2.1 NNE	1.9 NE	1.8 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.9 NE	2.0 NNE	1.9 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.9 NE	1.6 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 NNE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 NE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	-	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	11	-	11	15	10	-	-	-	-	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6	6	-	-	5	5	4

	Fri		Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
	6:30PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3:30PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Palau	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	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau
Rating	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	2.3 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	0.7 SW	2.1 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.9 NE	1.8 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	2.0 NE
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	598	1915	1761	1631	1414	1392	1436	163	1435	1350	1161	1178	1098	1094	1083	968	968	989	1150	1108	1104	1225
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	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)		7:01PM 1.80				6:47AM 1.91		2:20PM 1.07		7:45PM 1.80				7:37AM 1.95				8:31PM 1.75				8:13AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)				12:50AM 0.52								1:27AM 0.58				1:59PM -0.04				2:05AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	27	27	26	26	27	28	21	27	27	27	27	26	27	27	28	27	27	26	26	26	27
Chill °C (?)	14	27	27	26	26	27	28	21	27	27	27	27	26	27	27	28	27	27	26	26	26	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	2.3 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	0.7 SW	2.1 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.9 NE	1.8 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	2.0 NE
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	-	10	10	15	10	10	15	-	-	12	12	12	-	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 17								Saturday 18
	4:30PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11:30PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Palau	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	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau
Rating	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	2.4 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.3 NNE	2.3 NNE	2.3 NNE	2.3 NNE	1.1 SW	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	691	1944	1944	1887	1915	1915	1915	469	1761	1656	1656	1631	1506	1518	1414	1414	1392	1392	1414	1414	1436	1391
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)					7:01PM 1.80											6:47AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)										12:50AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	28	27	27	27	27	27	14	27	27	26	26	26	27	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	14	28	27	27	27	27	27	12	27	27	26	26	26	27	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	2.4 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.3 NNE	2.3 NNE	2.3 NNE	2.3 NNE	1.1 SW	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NE
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	16	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Palau Surf Breaks

Melekeok (Babelthuap)

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Santa Maria Anguar

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West Passage (Babelthuap)

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