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 beginners: 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 beginner 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.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

Spot

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Asili7.9 kmabout 15 min by carIntermediate and up

6 ft282 kJ

6 ft454 kJ

5 ft392 kJ

5 ft399 kJ

4 ft361 kJ

5 ft199 kJ

3 ft239 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Asili, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	5, poor	6 ft7 smushy	282kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 11 knots	28°C
Tue 20Oct	8, poor	6 ft9 shollow	454kJ	wind from the south-east, 14 knots	27°C
Wed 21Oct	27, poor	5 ft9 shollow	392kJ	wind from the south-east, 14 knots	26°C
Thu 22Oct	35, poor	5 ft10 shollow	399kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 12 knots	27°C
Fri 23Oct	31, poor	4 ft11 shollow	361kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 16 knots	26°C
Sat 24Oct	22, poor	5 ft7 smushy	199kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 16 knots	27°C
Sun 25Oct	10, too small	3 ft13 shollow	239kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 17 knots	27°C

CoarlHead4.3 kmabout 10 min by carIntermediate and up

6 ft513 kJ

6 ft454 kJ

4 ft356 kJ

5 ft165 kJ

4 ft276 kJ

4 ft241 kJ

4 ft184 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at CoarlHead, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	3, poor	6 ft9 smushy	513kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 15 knots	26°C
Tue 20Oct	6, poor	6 ft9 smushy	454kJ	wind from the south-east, 16 knots	25°C
Wed 21Oct	13, poor	4 ft10 smushy	356kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 19 knots	25°C
Thu 22Oct	12, poor	5 ft6 smushy	165kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 14 knots	26°C
Fri 23Oct	14, poor	4 ft9 smushy	276kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 18 knots	26°C
Sat 24Oct	13, poor	4 ft9 smushy	241kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 19 knots	26°C
Sun 25Oct	7, poor	4 ft8 smushy	184kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 20 knots	26°C

Fatuuli (Black Rock)4.4 kmabout 10 min by carIntermediate and up

6 ft513 kJ

6 ft454 kJ

4 ft356 kJ

5 ft165 kJ

4 ft276 kJ

4 ft241 kJ

4 ft184 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Fatuuli (Black Rock), each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	3, poor	6 ft9 smushy	513kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 15 knots	26°C
Tue 20Oct	6, poor	6 ft9 smushy	454kJ	wind from the south-east, 16 knots	25°C
Wed 21Oct	13, poor	4 ft10 smushy	356kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 19 knots	25°C
Thu 22Oct	12, poor	5 ft6 smushy	165kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 14 knots	26°C
Fri 23Oct	14, poor	4 ft9 smushy	276kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 18 knots	26°C
Sat 24Oct	13, poor	4 ft9 smushy	241kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 19 knots	26°C
Sun 25Oct	7, poor	4 ft8 smushy	184kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 20 knots	26°C

Pua Tree3.1 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up

6 ft513 kJ

6 ft454 kJ

4 ft356 kJ

5 ft165 kJ

4 ft276 kJ

4 ft241 kJ

4 ft184 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Pua Tree, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	4, poor	6 ft9 s	513kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 15 knots	26°C
Tue 20Oct	6, poor	6 ft9 s	454kJ	wind from the south-east, 16 knots	25°C
Wed 21Oct	13, poor	4 ft10 s	356kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 19 knots	25°C
Thu 22Oct	12, poor	5 ft6 s	165kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 14 knots	26°C
Fri 23Oct	14, poor	4 ft9 s	276kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 18 knots	26°C
Sat 24Oct	13, poor	4 ft9 s	241kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 19 knots	26°C
Sun 25Oct	7, poor	4 ft8 s	184kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 20 knots	26°C

Sliding Rock7 kmabout 15 min by carIntermediate and up

6 ft263 kJ

5 ft442 kJ

4 ft296 kJ

5 ft420 kJ

4 ft283 kJ

4 ft144 kJ

3 ft257 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Sliding Rock, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	0, too big	6 ft7 smushy	263kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 14 knots	26°C
Tue 20Oct	3, poor	5 ft9 smushy	442kJ	wind from the south-east, 17 knots	25°C
Wed 21Oct	26, poor	4 ft9 scrumbling	296kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 19 knots	25°C
Thu 22Oct	27, poor	5 ft10 shollow	420kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 15 knots	26°C
Fri 23Oct	34, poor	4 ft10 shollow	283kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 18 knots	26°C
Sat 24Oct	21, poor	4 ft7 smushy	144kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 18 knots	26°C
Sun 25Oct	12, too small	3 ft13 shollow	257kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 20 knots	26°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

Tāfuna, American Samoa

About Tāfuna

Staying in Tāfuna

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Where it is

Surf within 20 km

Places to eat near Tāfuna