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Black Sands Beach surfForecast / Efate / Vanuatu

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 11 Jan 2026 +11
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Black Sands Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Black Sands Beach sea temperature is
29.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Black Sands Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Black Sands Beach at 5PM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 11). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)3ft (0.9m)4s
Afternoon (11 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Evening (11 Jan)1ft (0.3m)8s

Table - waves today at Black Sands Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
NE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.6
W
0.8
W
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SSE
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
Period(s) (?)4448813138813131212888888610101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26292312121212021615434408371353161010101691213012796122
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
15
NE
15
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
5
NE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
E
0
WNW
5
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
15
S
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassonglassglassglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:52AM
1.10
12:53AM
0.81
12:38PM
1.09
2:17AM
0.83
1:25PM
1.09
3:22AM
0.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:03AM
0.50
6:52PM
0.46
6:00AM
0.58
7:52PM
0.39
7:05AM
0.64
8:43PM
0.32
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
Sunrise5:20-------5:20-------5:22-------
Sunset---6:28-------6:28-------6:28----
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
-2441---112232----12221-
Temp. °C272727252525252525262627262626262728282727262626
Feels °C (?)282828272727282829303031313030293031302929282930
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