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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	Wed	Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18
	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	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	Santa Maria Anguar Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	Santa Maria Anguar Palau	Santa Maria Anguar Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	Santa Maria Anguar Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	Santa Maria Anguar 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	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Santa Maria Anguar Palau	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NNE	2.3 N	2.3 N	2.5 N	2.3 N	2.2 N	2.0 NNE	1.4 NE	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.8 NNW	1.1 SSW	2.0 NNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 N	2.1 N	0.7 SSW	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	0.7 SSW	2.2 NE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	9	16	11	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	14
Energy(?)	1425	1834	1115	1340	1013	828	825	560	516	493	477	648	1356	354	335	3773	2299	190	2175	2055	197	1850
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	12:48AM 1.15		12:03PM 1.38	2:39AM 1.10		1:23PM 1.31		5:02AM 1.31	3:05PM 1.32		5:35AM 1.28	4:27PM 1.41		6:02AM 1.40	5:12PM 1.61		6:13AM 1.67	5:54PM 1.73		6:51AM 1.65		6:50PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		4:56AM 0.99		7:43PM 0.56	7:38AM 1.07		9:30PM 0.61	10:06AM 1.09		10:29PM 0.40	10:51AM 0.85		11:17PM 0.29	11:33AM 0.69		11:45PM 0.33		12:02PM 0.66	12:17AM 0.29		12:34PM 0.50	12:59AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	2	3	4	2	-	-	-	-	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	28	27	27	27	28	27	27	27	27	26	22	27	18	19	26	26	19	27	27	23	27
Low °C	27	27	27	27	27	28	27	27	27	26	26	20	26	17	19	26	26	19	27	27	20	26
Chill °C (?)	28	28	27	27	27	28	27	27	27	27	26	22	27	17	19	26	26	19	27	27	23	27
Sunrise	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	7:20	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:13	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	2.3 N	1.0 NE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	2.0 NNE	1.4 NE	1.4 N	1.4 N	1.8 NNW	1.1 SSW	2.0 NNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 N	2.1 N	0.7 SSW	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	0.7 SSW	2.2 NE
Period (s)	8	10	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	16	11	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.1 NW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	1.0 NE	0.8 NE	1.4 NE	-	1.6 NE	-	0.1 S	1.5 NE	1.3 NE	-	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	-	-
Period (s)	9	7	9	11	12	12	9	9	10	9	13	-	16	-	18	16	15	-	16	15	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NNE	2.1 N	2.3 N	2.5 N	2.3 N	2.2 N	1.2 NW	1.3 NNW	-	-	-	0.8 SE	1.5 NE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	-	-	1.0 SE	-	-	1.0 SE	-
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	10	9	7	8	-	-	-	4	10	4	4	-	-	5	-	-	5	-

	Wed		Thursday 12								Friday 13								Saturday 14
	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (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	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) 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	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 N	2.4 N	2.5 N	2.2 N	2.3 N	2.4 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.2 N	2.2 N	2.2 N	1.7 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.4 NNE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1315	2517	1425	1375	1275	1207	988	963	1264	1367	1340	1330	1303	1175	872	828	839	648	601	646	533	459
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:48AM 1.15			11:27AM 1.37					2:39AM 1.10				1:21PM 1.31					5:00AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)		6:05PM 0.52			4:56AM 0.99					7:43PM 0.56				7:38AM 1.07					9:30PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	1	2	1	1	1	1	-	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	27	28	27	27	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	27	27	27	27
Chill °C (?)	27	27	28	27	27	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	27	27	27	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09
Sunset	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	2.5 NNE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 NE	0.4 ESE	0.6 NE	0.3 E	0.8 NE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.7 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.4 NNE
Period (s)	9	10	8	9	12	9	12	9	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	1.0 NE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	-	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NNE	2.4 N	2.5 NNE	2.5 N	2.4 N	2.5 N	2.2 N	2.3 N	2.4 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.2 N	2.2 N	2.2 N	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	6	7	7	8	7

	Wednesday 11								Thursday 12
	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (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	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) 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	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.4 N	2.4 N	2.5 NNE	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.3 N	2.3 N	2.3 N	2.3 N	2.3 N	2.5 N	2.3 N	2.5 N
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10
Energy(?)	1145	1195	1315	1315	1425	2517	1148	1171	1425	1403	1375	1375	1257	1383	1034	1034	1004	1834	1818	1183	1137	1122
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										12:48AM 1.15											11:27AM 1.34	12:03PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)				6:05PM 0.52										4:56AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1
High °C	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	28	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27
Chill °C (?)	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	28	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	2.3 N	2.3 N	2.3 N	0.4 E	0.9 NNE	0.3 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	12	9	9	10	10	10	9	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	5	7	7	8	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	-	2.4 N	2.4 N	2.4 N	2.5 NNE	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.3 N	2.3 N	-	2.1 N	2.1 N	2.5 N	2.3 N	2.5 N
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	9	10

Palau Surf Breaks

Melekeok (Babelthuap)

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Santa Maria Anguar

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West Passage (Babelthuap)

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