Black Sands Beach surfForecast / Efate / Vanuatu

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 18 Apr 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
29.4° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Black Sands Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Black Sands Beach at 1AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (19 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (19 Apr)1ft (0.3m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.1
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)10131313121212121211115551515141414616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1832538075754441232321313742393841686595129112159218
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NW
5
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:31PM
1.13
6:09AM
1.33
7:27PM
1.11
6:50AM
1.29
8:28PM
1.07
7:36AM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:07AM
0.42
12:56PM
0.04
12:52AM
0.49
1:45PM
0.04
1:42AM
0.57
2:41PM
0.07
Sat
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise----5:56-------5:56-------5:56---
Sunset-------5:35-------5:35-------5:34
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
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part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
331------1-1-----1234535
Temp. °C262626262728282727262626272727272625252524242423
Feels °C (?)293030303130302929282726272627272726252525242322
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