Tāfuna, American Samoa

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Pago Pago International Airport from A'oloau
Tāfuna, the nearest town, 3 km away. Photo: Eddy23, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Tāfuna

Tāfuna is a town in Western District, American Samoa. From Tāfuna you can reach 5 surf spots. The nearest is Pua Tree, a surf spot 3.1 km from the centre. Overture lists 4 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is PPG, 2 km away.

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Staying in Tāfuna

  • 4 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: PPG, 2 km, APW, 149 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for experts: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Tāfuna.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for expert surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. The best of the spots that stay in Tāfuna each day wears a ★ Best badge, only on a Good day.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.

Surf spots within 20 km of Tāfuna: Sun 18 Oct to Sat 24 Oct
SpotSun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24
Asili7.9 kmabout 15 min by car7 ft456 kJwind from the south-south-east, 13 knots, poor6 ft550 kJwind from the south-east, 11 knots, poor6 ft503 kJwind from the south-east, 14 knots, poor6 ft424 kJwind from the south-east, 13 knots, too small6 ft262 kJwind from the east-south-east, 12 knots, poor4 ft265 kJwind from the east-south-east, 18 knots, too small6 ft279 kJwind from the east-south-east, 16 knots, too small
All readings for Asili: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at Asili, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct14, poor7 ft8 smushy456kJwind from the south-south-east, 13 knots26°C
Mon 19Oct25, poor6 ft9 shollow550kJwind from the south-east, 11 knots28°C
Tue 20Oct28, poor6 ft9 shollow503kJwind from the south-east, 14 knots27°C
Wed 21Oct22, too small6 ft8 shollow424kJwind from the south-east, 13 knots26°C
Thu 22Oct24, poor6 ft6 smushy262kJwind from the east-south-east, 12 knots27°C
Fri 23Oct13, too small4 ft10 shollow265kJwind from the east-south-east, 18 knots26°C
Sat 24Oct16, too small6 ft7 smushy279kJwind from the east-south-east, 16 knots26°C
Sliding Rock7 kmabout 15 min by car7 ft486 kJwind from the south-south-east, 15 knots, poor6 ft538 kJwind from the south-east, 12 knots, poor5 ft452 kJwind from the south-east, 17 knots, too small6 ft424 kJwind from the south-east, 16 knots, too small6 ft262 kJwind from the east-south-east, 14 knots, poor4 ft345 kJwind from the east-south-east, 20 knots, too small5 ft250 kJwind from the east-south-east, 19 knots, too small
All readings for Sliding Rock: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at Sliding Rock, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct12, poor7 ft8 smushy486kJwind from the south-south-east, 15 knots25°C
Mon 19Oct19, poor6 ft9 smushy538kJwind from the south-east, 12 knots26°C
Tue 20Oct15, too small5 ft9 scrumbling452kJwind from the south-east, 17 knots25°C
Wed 21Oct18, too small6 ft8 scrumbling424kJwind from the south-east, 16 knots25°C
Thu 22Oct20, poor6 ft6 smushy262kJwind from the east-south-east, 14 knots26°C
Fri 23Oct12, too small4 ft11 shollow345kJwind from the east-south-east, 20 knots25°C
Sat 24Oct12, too small5 ft7 smushy250kJwind from the east-south-east, 19 knots25°C
Pua Tree3.1 kmabout 5 min by car7 ft530 kJwind from the south-south-east, 17 knots, poor6 ft520 kJwind from the south-east, 11 knots, poor6 ft487 kJwind from the south-east, 17 knots, too small6 ft400 kJwind from the south-east, 16 knots, too small6 ft251 kJwind from the east-south-east, 14 knots, too small6 ft292 kJwind from the east-south-east, 20 knots, too small5 ft250 kJwind from the east-south-east, 20 knots, too small
All readings for Pua Tree: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at Pua Tree, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct14, poor7 ft8 s530kJwind from the south-south-east, 17 knots25°C
Mon 19Oct19, poor6 ft9 s520kJwind from the south-east, 11 knots26°C
Tue 20Oct11, too small6 ft9 s487kJwind from the south-east, 17 knots25°C
Wed 21Oct9, too small6 ft8 s400kJwind from the south-east, 16 knots25°C
Thu 22Oct10, too small6 ft6 s251kJwind from the east-south-east, 14 knots26°C
Fri 23Oct8, too small6 ft7 s292kJwind from the east-south-east, 20 knots25°C
Sat 24Oct8, too small5 ft7 s250kJwind from the east-south-east, 20 knots25°C
Fatuuli (Black Rock)4.4 kmabout 10 min by car7 ft530 kJwind from the south-south-east, 17 knots, poor6 ft520 kJwind from the south-east, 11 knots, poor6 ft487 kJwind from the south-east, 17 knots, too small6 ft400 kJwind from the south-east, 16 knots, too small6 ft251 kJwind from the east-south-east, 14 knots, too small6 ft292 kJwind from the east-south-east, 20 knots, too small5 ft250 kJwind from the east-south-east, 20 knots, too small
All readings for Fatuuli (Black Rock): score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at Fatuuli (Black Rock), each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct14, poor7 ft8 smushy530kJwind from the south-south-east, 17 knots25°C
Mon 19Oct19, poor6 ft9 smushy520kJwind from the south-east, 11 knots26°C
Tue 20Oct11, too small6 ft9 smushy487kJwind from the south-east, 17 knots25°C
Wed 21Oct9, too small6 ft8 smushy400kJwind from the south-east, 16 knots25°C
Thu 22Oct10, too small6 ft6 smushy251kJwind from the east-south-east, 14 knots26°C
Fri 23Oct8, too small6 ft7 smushy292kJwind from the east-south-east, 20 knots25°C
Sat 24Oct8, too small5 ft7 smushy250kJwind from the east-south-east, 20 knots25°C
CoarlHead4.3 kmabout 10 min by car7 ft530 kJwind from the south-south-east, 17 knots, poor6 ft520 kJwind from the south-east, 11 knots, poor6 ft487 kJwind from the south-east, 17 knots, too small6 ft400 kJwind from the south-east, 16 knots, too small6 ft251 kJwind from the east-south-east, 14 knots, too small6 ft292 kJwind from the east-south-east, 20 knots, too small5 ft250 kJwind from the east-south-east, 20 knots, too small
All readings for CoarlHead: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at CoarlHead, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct14, poor7 ft8 smushy530kJwind from the south-south-east, 17 knots25°C
Mon 19Oct18, poor6 ft9 smushy520kJwind from the south-east, 11 knots26°C
Tue 20Oct11, too small6 ft9 smushy487kJwind from the south-east, 17 knots25°C
Wed 21Oct9, too small6 ft8 smushy400kJwind from the south-east, 16 knots25°C
Thu 22Oct10, too small6 ft6 smushy251kJwind from the east-south-east, 14 knots26°C
Fri 23Oct8, too small6 ft7 smushy292kJwind from the east-south-east, 20 knots25°C
Sat 24Oct8, too small5 ft7 smushy250kJwind from the east-south-east, 20 knots25°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Tāfuna, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Places to eat near Tāfuna

  • Oasis RestaurantAsian · 0.5 km from the centre
  • Manuia’s Korean RestaurantKorean · 0.6 km from the centre
  • Triple C NoodleSushi · 0.6 km from the centre
  • tropical pizzaPizza · 0.6 km from the centre
  • Seafood RestaurantSeafood · 0.7 km from the centre
  • Manaia RestaurantAsian · 1.2 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits