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 experts: 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 expert 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: Mon 19 Oct to Sun 25 Oct
SpotMon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25
Avatoru Pass, Rangiroa0.8 kmabout 5 min by car2 ft64 kJwind from the north, 8 knots, too small2 ft37 kJwind from the west-north-west, 8 knots, too small2 ft60 kJwind from the south, 6 knots, offshore, too small2 ft57 kJwind from the south-east, 18 knots, too small2 ft26 kJwind from the east-south-east, 11 knots, too small1 ft19 kJwind from the south-east, 21 knots, too small2 ft26 kJwind from the south-south-east, 22 knots, offshore, too small
All readings for Avatoru Pass, Rangiroa: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at Avatoru Pass, Rangiroa, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct9, too small2 ft10 smushy64kJwind from the north, 8 knots28°C
Tue 20Oct9, too small2 ft8 scrumbling37kJwind from the west-north-west, 8 knots28°C
Wed 21Oct10, too small2 ft11 shollow60kJwind from the south, 6 knots, offshore27°C
Thu 22Oct4, too small2 ft10 scrumbling57kJwind from the south-east, 18 knots26°C
Fri 23Oct6, too small2 ft5 smushy26kJwind from the east-south-east, 11 knots26°C
Sat 24Oct1, too small1 ft7 smushy19kJwind from the south-east, 21 knots26°C
Sun 25Oct4, too small2 ft6 smushy26kJwind from the south-south-east, 22 knots, offshore26°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).