French Polynesia Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

French Polynesia wave (swell) map for surfers, windsurfers and sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. There are also options to display live wind observations from ships, wave buoys and weather stations on the wave maps in the French Polynesia region.

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French Polynesia Wavefinder

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	Thu	Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22
	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 French Polynesia	Vaiaau Raiatea	Vaiaau Raiatea	Avana Rarotonga	Vaiaau Raiatea	Vaiaau Raiatea	Passe de Maraa Tahiti	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Papara Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Nao Nao Raiatea	Papara Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Papara Beach Tahiti	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Avana Rarotonga	Arue Beach Tahiti
Rating	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 NNW	2.5 NNE	0.9 SSW	1.6 N
Period(s) (?)	13	12	11	12	14	11	14	14	15	12	14	14	15	13	12	11	12	12	18	7	16	7
Energy(?)	791	668	254	410	337	327	194	266	256	266	222	320	560	177	130	145	215	133	349	962	437	470
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	11:26PM 0.29	12:47PM 0.18		12:09AM 0.24	12:27PM 0.31		12:22AM 0.22	12:51PM 0.20		8:49PM 0.69	9:16AM 0.55		9:26PM 0.69	9:54AM 0.56		1:24AM 0.25	1:30PM 0.22		2:25AM 0.24			11:37PM 0.59
Low Tide / height (m)		6:45AM 0.01	6:22PM 0.06		6:16AM 0.02	6:38PM 0.04		6:48AM 0.01	6:41PM 0.04	2:56AM -0.02		2:52PM 0.05	3:30AM -0.02		7:17PM 0.03		7:44AM 0.03	7:37PM 0.03	8:14PM 0.02	8:20AM 0.05	5:01PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	mod. rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	21	1	-	10	6	9	-	-	1	3	1	-	-	2	6	9	5	6	20	7	3	16
High °C	27	27	27	27	25	27	27	26	27	26	27	28	27	27	25	25	25	25	27	26	25	24
Low °C	26	26	26	26	25	27	26	26	26	26	27	28	26	27	24	24	24	25	24	26	25	24
Chill °C (?)	27	27	27	27	25	27	27	26	27	26	27	28	27	27	25	25	25	25	27	26	25	24
Sunrise	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:37	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:25	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:38	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:25	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 E	0.7 NNW	0.7 ESE	0.7 SW	0.9 NNW	0.8 E	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 N	0.6 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.9 SSW	0.7 NNW
Period (s)	13	12	11	12	11	11	13	13	7	12	7	14	15	7	14	13	12	13	18	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.8 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.6 SSW	0.4 NNE	0.7 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	0.7 N	0.6 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.3 SW	0.7 NNW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	6	16	16	15	14	14	7	8	15	8	14	16	12	13	7	11	13	12	8	11	5	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 E	-	1.2 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E	-	-	-	0.9 E	0.4 NNE	1.2 E	1.2 NE	0.5 N	-	-	0.5 NW	0.6 W	1.6 N	2.5 NNE	0.9 SW	1.6 N
Period (s)	-	7	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	7	6	7	6	3	-	-	3	4	5	7	5	7

	Thursday 15			Friday 16								Saturday 17								Sunday 18
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in French Polynesia	Maraa Tahiti	Fare Left Huahine	Haapiti Moorea	Haapiti Moorea	Maraa Tahiti	Haapiti Moorea	Vaiaau Raiatea	Vaiaau Raiatea	Vaiaau Raiatea	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Vaiaau Raiatea	Vaiaau Raiatea	Vaiaau Raiatea	Vaiaau Raiatea	Bali Hai Huahine	Passe de Maraa Tahiti	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.2 E	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	13	7	14	14
Energy(?)	1010	638	634	615	581	528	668	595	588	250	153	139	106	184	337	311	298	263	427	235	206	265
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				11:45PM 0.22				12:24PM 0.18		7:37PM 0.66						12:37PM 0.19				12:21AM 0.33
Low Tide / height (m)		6:36PM 0.05				6:12AM 0.02						1:50AM 0.01						6:26PM 0.05			2:23AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	mod. rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	3	8	8	7	5	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	2	2	5	6	-	-
Temp. °C	27	27	27	26	26	26	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	27	27	27	26	27	26	26
Chill °C (?)	27	27	27	26	26	26	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	27	27	27	26	27	26	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11
Sunset	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NNW	0.5 SW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	16	15	15	14	14	11	11	11	11	13	10	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	16	15	15	18	18	16	16	16	16	11	11	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	11	11	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.6 NNE	1.2 ENE	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-

	Thursday 15									Friday 16
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in French Polynesia	Maraa Tahiti	Fare Left Huahine	Haapiti Moorea	Haapiti Moorea	Maraa Tahiti	Haapiti Moorea	Vaiaau Raiatea	Vaiaau Raiatea	Vaiaau Raiatea	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Vaiaau Raiatea	Vaiaau Raiatea	Vaiaau Raiatea	Vaiaau Raiatea	Bali Hai Huahine	Passe de Maraa Tahiti	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 NNW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	16	13	11	11
Energy(?)	911	656	899	899	886	791	815	831	721	374	374	369	369	442	690	685	736	742	711	593	282	278
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)												1:17AM 0.04					6:18AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	26	26
Chill °C (?)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	26	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.5 N	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	1.0 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	16	16	16	16	16	15	6	6	18	18	18	18	12	6	6	7	7	16	16	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NE	1.2 ENE	1.1 NE	1.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	-	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	-	-	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 E	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	4	6	6	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	7	7	7	7	-	-

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