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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	Sun		Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Palau	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	West Passage (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	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	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	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau
Rating	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.3 S	2.4 N	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	2.2 NNE	2.4 NNE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.9 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	2.0 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.7 NE	1.8 NE
Period(s) (?)	16	15	11	14	13	13	13	12	12	14	14	12	13	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	8	8
Energy(?)	748	880	1470	252	223	226	179	226	167	1944	2254	139	140	1346	825	883	1562	1119	1038	828	782	805
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- on	off	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	4:27PM 1.41			5:24PM 1.55	2:36AM 0.80		3:10PM 0.51	2:56AM 0.82			6:33PM 1.78	7:01AM 1.82	3:30PM 0.74	3:38AM 0.76		3:50PM 0.86	3:59AM 0.70			4:18AM 0.62		4:41PM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)		11:17PM 0.29	9:38AM 0.11		7:55PM 0.25	9:29AM 0.10		8:28PM 0.16	9:27AM 0.08	12:41PM 0.37	12:48AM 0.29			9:33PM 0.03	9:38AM 0.04		10:07PM 0.01	9:48AM 0.01	2:19PM 0.14	10:41PM 0.02	10:00AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	24	19	27	17	17	18	20	17	21	27	27	21	22	27	28	28	27	28	28	27	28	28
Low °C	20	15	27	17	17	17	19	17	18	26	27	18	21	26	27	28	26	27	28	27	28	27
Chill °C (?)	24	18	27	17	17	18	20	16	21	27	27	21	22	27	28	28	27	28	28	27	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	6:07	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-
Sunset	7:40	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:37	-	-	6:12	-	-	7:36	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.4 N	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	2.2 NNE	2.4 NNE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.9 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	2.0 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.7 NE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	16	15	11	14	13	13	13	12	12	14	14	12	13	14	8	13	14	14	14	13	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.9 NE	0.4 SE	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.1 E	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	1.3 NE	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.1 NE	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	16	4	-	16	-	-	-	9	15	-	3	14	13	10	14	15	15	14	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SE	1.3 S	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	0.9 SE	0.6 ESE	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-	-	1.4 NE	-	1.7 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	-	1.8 NE
Period (s)	4	15	-	-	2	3	4	4	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	8	-	8	8	8	-	8

	Sunday 15	Monday 16	Tuesday 17	Wed
	12PM	3PM	7:30PM	9PM	1:30AM	4:30AM	7:30AM	10:30AM	1:30PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	1:30AM	4:30AM	7:30AM	10:30AM	1:30PM	4:30PM	6PM	10:30PM	1:30AM	4:30AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	West Passage (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	West Passage (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	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Santa Maria Anguar Palau	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 N	1.6 NE	1.1 SSW	1.9 NNW	1.3 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	1.8 NNE	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	13	16	11	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	752	1689	588	873	880	431	346	340	335	2842	3991	4030	223	220	225	226	223	179	1912	184	226	248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						2:16AM 0.76					5:10PM 1.58			2:36AM 0.80				3:10PM 0.51	5:54PM 1.73			2:56AM 0.82
Low Tide / height (m)	10:51AM 0.85		7:12PM 0.35					9:38AM 0.11								9:29AM 0.10				8:28PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	27	20	26	18	17	15	16	18	27	26	26	17	17	17	17	18	20	27	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	27	27	20	26	18	16	14	16	18	27	26	26	16	16	16	16	18	20	27	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 NE	1.7 NNW	1.1 SSW	2.0 NE	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	1.8 NNE	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	14	11	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NE	1.6 NE	-	1.9 NNW	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	1.3 NE	-	-	0.3 SW
Period (s)	17	13	-	11	-	-	-	4	4	16	16	16	-	-	16	16	-	-	16	-	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 N	1.1 NNE	0.6 SE	-	1.3 S	0.8 SSE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	10	9	4	-	15	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	3	3	4	-	4	4	4

	Sunday 15	Monday 16
	10AM	11AM	1:30PM	1PM	3:30PM	4:30PM	5:30PM	6:30PM	7:30PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	11:30PM	0:30AM	1:30AM	2:30AM	3:30AM	4:30AM	4AM	6:30AM	7:30AM	8:30AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	West Passage (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	West Passage (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	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Santa Maria Anguar Palau	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 N	2.0 N	1.2 SSW	2.0 N	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.0 NNW	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	1.1 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.5 NE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	16	10	16	16	16	16	16	11	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	14	14	14
Energy(?)	914	690	768	752	748	748	636	594	588	1082	2364	2164	582	1311	880	878	431	431	2022	351	346	341
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)						4:22PM 0.38										2:16AM 0.76
Low Tide / height (m)		10:51AM 0.85							7:12PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3
High °C	27	27	23	27	25	24	24	21	20	27	27	27	19	18	18	18	17	17	26	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	27	27	23	27	25	24	24	21	20	27	27	27	19	18	18	18	16	16	26	15	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NE	1.5 NE	1.2 SSW	1.5 NE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.0 NNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	14	16	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	11	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	-	0.9 NE	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.9 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	17	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 N	2.0 N	0.5 SE	2.0 N	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	-	0.8 SE	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	9	9	4	10	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	-	4	15	15	15	4	4	-	4	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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