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British Beach surfForecast / Efate / Vanuatu

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 16 Aug 2025 +11

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British Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's British Beach sea temperature is 26.4° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at British Beach today?

The current surf forecast for British Beach at 8PM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm August 16). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+11) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (16 Aug)	1ft (0.3m)	9s
Evening (16 Aug)	1ft (0.3m)	9s

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

Hourly 12 Days

Efate Surf

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	Saturday 16				Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	S	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	S	ESE	S	ESE	ESE	ESE	S
Period(s) (?)	9	8	9	10	10	10	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	20	9	19	9	9	9	18
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	23	35	26	30	16	18	36	18	18	19	17	18	18	18	17	11	12	20	12	16	11	15	9	10
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:18AM 0.90				11:07PM 1.17				12:53PM 0.88				12:12AM 1.15					2:25PM 0.91			1:23AM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)		4:45PM 0.51					6:22AM 0.24				5:59PM 0.60				7:37AM 0.19				7:25PM 0.64					8:45AM 0.12

	Saturday 16				Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-
Sunset	-	5:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	24	23	23	23	23	24	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	25	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	25	26
Feels °C (?)	25	26	25	25	25	25	25	26	27	27	25	25	25	25	26	27	27	26	27	26	25	24	25	26

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Efate

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at British Beach (calm at Bauerfield Airport - Efate Island 10 km from British Beach). 0.6m 8s swell from the S with a 0.5m 6s windswell from the SE and a 0.2m 9s swell, also from the SE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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