Rangiroa, French Polynesia

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Near Avatoru Pass, Rangiroa, 1 km away. Photo: kajikawa, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Rangiroa

Rangiroa is a town in Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia. From Rangiroa you can reach 1 surf spot. The nearest is Avatoru Pass, Rangiroa, a surf spot 0.8 km from the centre. Overture lists 4 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.

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Staying in Rangiroa

  • 4 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)

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Where it is

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

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for intermediate surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them.

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 Rangiroa: Sun 18 Oct to Sat 24 Oct
SpotSun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24
Avatoru Pass, Rangiroa0.8 kmabout 5 min by car2 ft92 kJwind from the east, 9 knots, too small2 ft66 kJwind from the north-north-west, 7 knots, too small2 ft45 kJwind from the west-north-west, 8 knots, too small2 ft61 kJwind from the south-south-east, 15 knots, offshore, too small2 ft57 kJwind from the south-east, 18 knots, too small2 ft21 kJwind from the south-east, 15 knots, too small2 ft23 kJwind from the south-east, 19 knots, too small
All readings for Avatoru Pass, Rangiroa: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Avatoru Pass, Rangiroa, each day
DayScore for intermediatesSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct22, too small2 ft10 smushy92kJwind from the east, 9 knots27°C
Mon 19Oct22, too small2 ft9 smushy66kJwind from the north-north-west, 7 knots27°C
Tue 20Oct23, too small2 ft8 scrumbling45kJwind from the west-north-west, 8 knots28°C
Wed 21Oct21, too small2 ft11 shollow61kJwind from the south-south-east, 15 knots, offshore26°C
Thu 22Oct11, too small2 ft9 scrumbling57kJwind from the south-east, 18 knots26°C
Fri 23Oct10, too small2 ft6 smushy21kJwind from the south-east, 15 knots26°C
Sat 24Oct5, too small2 ft6 smushy23kJwind from the south-east, 19 knots26°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Rangiroa, 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).