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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	Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Sat
	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	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	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	Santa Maria Anguar 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	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NNE	2.0 N	2.5 N	2.3 N	1.5 NNW	1.3 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.2 N	0.7 SW	2.0 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.3 NNE	2.2 NE	0.7 SSW	1.6 NE	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	1.5 NE	2.0 NE	1.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	11	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	12	14	14	13	13	14	9
Energy(?)	574	625	1090	978	1038	880	341	252	219	2432	172	2515	2600	2253	1907	139	1237	1551	1391	958	1630	309
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:17PM 1.36		5:35AM 1.28	4:21PM 1.45		5:50AM 1.55	5:24PM 1.55		6:26AM 1.53		6:10PM 1.68	6:51AM 1.65		6:50PM 1.78	7:16AM 1.75		3:38AM 0.76		3:50PM 0.86	3:59AM 0.70
Low Tide / height (m)	10:06AM 1.09		10:29PM 0.40	10:51AM 0.85		11:08PM 0.40	11:30AM 0.82		11:55PM 0.20		12:08PM 0.52	12:28AM 0.16		12:41PM 0.37	12:59AM 0.16		1:12PM 0.22	9:33PM 0.03	9:38AM 0.04		10:07PM 0.01	9:48AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	2
High °C	27	27	26	26	27	18	15	16	17	27	19	27	27	27	27	19	28	27	28	28	27	27
Low °C	27	26	26	26	26	17	15	16	16	27	19	26	26	27	26	18	27	26	27	27	26	27
Chill °C (?)	27	27	26	26	27	18	14	16	17	27	19	27	27	27	27	19	28	27	28	28	27	27
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	7:20	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	7:22	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:37	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NNE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	1.5 NNW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.2 N	0.7 SW	2.0 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.3 NNE	2.2 NE	0.7 SSW	1.6 NE	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	1.5 NE	2.0 NE	1.6 NE
Period (s)	9	13	13	13	11	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	12	14	14	13	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.3 NW	0.4 NNE	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	-	-	0.4 SE	-	1.3 NE	-	1.6 NE	1.3 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.4 NE
Period (s)	13	10	11	18	13	-	-	4	-	15	-	16	16	16	15	-	14	14	14	14	14	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NNW	2.0 N	2.5 N	2.3 N	1.7 NNE	1.3 S	0.6 SE	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	1.6 NNE	-	-	1.3 NE	-	-
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	15	4	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	8	-	-	7	-	-

	Saturday 14								Sunday 15								Monday 16
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	4:30AM	7:30AM	10:30AM	1:30PM	4:30PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Palau	Santa Maria Anguar Palau	Santa Maria Anguar Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) 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	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	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
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.9 N	2.2 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.2 N	2.3 N	2.3 N	2.3 N	1.5 NNW	1.7 NNW	2.1 NE	2.0 NNW	1.3 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	16	11	15	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	665	665	609	579	568	982	888	1223	1090	725	953	978	1037	1038	863	3180	919	961	350	341	338	252
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			4:55AM 1.17				3:17PM 1.36				5:35AM 1.28				4:27PM 1.41			2:16AM 0.76				3:23PM 0.42
Low Tide / height (m)	9:30PM 0.61				10:05AM 1.07				10:29PM 0.40				10:51AM 0.85				11:17PM 0.29			9:38AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	-
Temp. °C	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	26	26	26	18	17	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	26	26	26	18	17	14	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	0.9 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.5 NNW	2.0 NE	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	13	14	13	13	9	14	13	14	11	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NW	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NNE	0.9 ENE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	1.7 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.0 NNW	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	9	9	12	13	7	17	18	18	11	14	10	18	17	13	11	11	11	-	-	-	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.4 NNW	-	1.9 N	2.2 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.2 N	2.3 N	2.3 N	2.3 N	1.7 NNE	1.1 N	0.8 NNE	-	1.3 S	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.3 ESE	-
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	-	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	-	15	4	4	4	-

	Fri		Saturday 14
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	4:30PM	5:30PM	6:30PM	7:30PM	8:30PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Palau	Santa Maria Anguar Palau	Santa Maria Anguar Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Melekeok (Babelthuap) 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	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	West Passage (Babelthuap) Palau	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
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.4 NE	1.5 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.4 NE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	2.0 N	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	18	18	18	17	17
Energy(?)	688	665	860	815	673	673	616	625	609	630	579	579	573	488	483	483	625	699	692	692	685	689
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)								4:55AM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)	9:30PM 0.61												9:51AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	28	27	28	27	27	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	22	22	21	20	20
Chill °C (?)	28	28	27	28	27	27	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	22	22	21	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.4 NE	1.5 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.4 NE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.1 NE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	18	18	18	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.2 E	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.3 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	15	15	9	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	2.0 N	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	9	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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