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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	Fri	Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23
	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	Passe de Maraa Tahiti	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Papara Beach Tahiti	Papara Beach Tahiti	Parea Left Huahine	Arue Beach Tahiti	Parea Left Huahine	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Parea Left Huahine	Papara Beach Tahiti	Arue Beach Tahiti	Club Med Moorea	Fare Left Huahine	Avana Rarotonga
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.7 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	1.7 N	-	0.6 SSW	1.6 NE	2.4 NE	1.0 SSW	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	12	14	11	7	14	14	14	14	14	15	13	14	14	13	13	7	-	12	7	7	15	13
Energy(?)	410	337	308	51	262	233	201	249	177	392	135	432	329	355	449	592	0	175	503	639	707	972
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:34AM 0.31	8:04AM 0.50		8:12PM 0.68	12:55PM 0.18		12:43AM 0.23	1:04PM 0.21		1:04AM 0.25	1:17PM 0.22		1:39AM 0.37	10:34AM 0.57		10:49PM 0.64	11:19AM 0.57		11:37PM 0.59	12:10PM 0.56		3:03AM 0.32
Low Tide / height (m)		1:42PM 0.08		2:23AM -0.01	6:53AM 0.01	6:41PM 0.04		7:06AM 0.01	6:58PM 0.03		7:26AM 0.02	7:33PM 0.03			4:12PM 0.06	4:45AM 0.02		5:01PM 0.09		5:31AM 0.06	5:59PM 0.11	8:55PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	mod. rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	9	5	7	-	-	-	8	1	6	8	2	2	10	6	6	11	3	7	16	4	6	8
High °C	27	27	27	27	26	27	27	27	26	26	28	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	26	24	24	26
Low °C	26	27	27	26	26	26	27	27	26	25	27	26	26	26	26	26	25	26	24	24	24	25
Chill °C (?)	27	27	27	27	26	27	27	27	26	26	28	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	26	24	24	26
Sunrise	-	5:45	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:38	-	-	7:25	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	1.2 N	1.0 WNW	0.7 NNW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	3.5 N
Period (s)	12	11	11	13	13	7	7	7	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	7	7	15	16	15	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.9 NNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	0.4 NW	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 NW	0.6 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.8 E	0.5 W	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 S
Period (s)	15	14	14	7	8	13	14	14	7	7	13	14	7	8	19	18	16	8	8	11	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	-	1.0 N	1.0 NE	0.9 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.7 N	-	1.0 ENE	1.6 NE	2.4 NE	1.9 NE	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	3	8	-	5	7	4	6	6	7	-	7	7	7	7	-

	Friday 16			Saturday 17								Sunday 18								Monday 19
	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	Vairao Tahiti	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Miri-Miri Raiatea	Vaiaau Raiatea	Vaiaau Raiatea	Vaiaau Raiatea	Vaiaau Raiatea	Vaiaau Raiatea	Vaiaau Raiatea	Passe de Maraa Tahiti	Passe de Maraa Tahiti	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Papara Beach Tahiti
Rating	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	10	12	14	14	14	14	13	13	7	7	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	530	206	153	139	218	410	337	311	298	263	263	313	287	270	262	308	233	226	223	219	217	239
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)		7:37PM 0.66						12:37PM 0.19				12:21AM 0.33			8:40AM 0.53				8:49PM 0.69
Low Tide / height (m)				1:50AM 0.01		6:31AM 0.02				6:26PM 0.05							2:16PM 0.06				2:56AM -0.02	7:05AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	clear	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	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	clear	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	7	-	2	-	5	3	2	3	4	5	1	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	26	27	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	27	26	26	26	27	27	26	26	26	27
Chill °C (?)	26	27	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	27	26	26	26	27	27	26	26	26	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37
Sunset	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 NNW	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	7	16	15	15	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	13	8	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 E	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	10	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	8	13	13	13	12	12	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.2 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 16	Saturday 17
	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	Vairao Tahiti	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Miri-Miri Raiatea	Vaiaau Raiatea	Vaiaau Raiatea	Vaiaau Raiatea	Vaiaau Raiatea	Vaiaau Raiatea	Vaiaau Raiatea	Passe de Maraa Tahiti	Passe de Maraa Tahiti	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Avana Rarotonga	Papara Beach Tahiti
Rating	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11
Energy(?)	617	278	278	278	299	555	551	440	413	413	410	377	381	106	106	104	104	104	104	104	78	340
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)											12:01AM 0.20								8:04AM 0.50
Low Tide / height (m)					6:22PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	2	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27
Chill °C (?)	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 E	-	-	-	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 E
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7

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