Erakor Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 17.79° S 168.30° E

Issued: 10 am 12 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Erakor Island sea temperature is

25.7°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Erakor Island today (12 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 5s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 4s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 4s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Erakor Island at 5PM is: 1.0m 4s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 12). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+11) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	5s
Afternoon (12 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	4s
Evening (12 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	4s

Table - waves today at Erakor Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Warm (max 25°C on Tue morning, min 22°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Monday 12						Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14
	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	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
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
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 5	ESE 5	SE 5	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SE 6	SE 6	E 9	ESE 8	SE 6	ESE 4	E 11	E 11	ESE 4	SE 4	ESE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4
Wave Graph
kJ	87	80	54	36	36	36	58	44	94	51	46	32	2	2	34	23	24	17	16	16	17	14
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide	6:37AM1.14m				6:22PM1.27m				7:21AM1.09m				6:52PM1.23m					8:05AM1.04m			7:23PM1.18m
Low Tide			12:23PM0.41m				1:01AM0.15m				12:56PM0.49m				1:38AM0.17m				1:29PM0.57m


	5:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:18	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	23	24	24	24	23	23	23	22	24	25	24	23	23	23	23	23	24	25	25	24	23	23
Feels °C	20	21	21	22	21	21	22	21	23	24	22	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 17	S 16	ENE 9	ENE 8	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 10	SSE 6	SSE 6	NE 9	E 11	E 11	E 11	ENE 11	ENE 10	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9
kJ	23	21	29	28	30	32	32	36	18	18	22	2	2	2	11	38	22	21	20	19	20	20
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 10	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 11	ENE 9	S 14	S 14	N 11	N 11	N 11	S 19	S 18	NE 11	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12
kJ	2	2	5	5	5	5	4	4	2	34	4	4	2	2	2	7	6	5	5	5	5	6
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 12	N 12	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 12	S 12	S 15	S 14	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 20	N 11	N 11	S 18	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 16
kJ	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	2	2	2	2	8	2	2	6	5	5	5	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 5	ESE 5	SE 5	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SE 6	SE 6	E 9	ESE 8	SE 6	ESE 4	ESE 4	ESE 4	ESE 4	SE 4	ESE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4
kJ	87	80	54	36	36	36	58	44	94	51	46	32	42	40	34	23	24	17	16	16	17	14
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Rating (10 max)	1	3	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1
Distance (km)	518	934	1248	941	518	524	526	524	526	1248	934	934	518	518	518	518	518	941	934	527	518	518
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	6	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	6	6	7	8	4	4

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