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Hopscotch surfForecast / Efate / Vanuatu

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 23 Jan 2026 +11
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Hopscotch surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hopscotch sea temperature is
29.4° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hopscotch today?

The current surf forecast for Hopscotch at 2PM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 23). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)5ft (1.5m)9s
Afternoon (23 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (23 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)8s

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

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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
WSW
1.2
W
1.1
WSW
0.8
W
0.7
W
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
S
0.4
S
0.9
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)9999888777666101099971413121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)351304276225180826312410710483735273716360573758268342322291
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		oncross-
on		onononononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:35AM
1.20
8:08PM
1.11
9:15AM
1.21
9:08PM
1.03
10:01AM
1.21
10:24PM
0.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:27PM
0.54
2:35AM
0.29
3:24PM
0.51
3:18AM
0.38
4:31PM
0.47
4:12AM
0.48
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
Sunrise5:26-------5:26-------5:28-------
Sunset---6:27-------6:27-------6:27----
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clear
part cloud
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clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C282929282727262627272827272626262728282726262626
Feels °C (?)293030293029282727272827282627272930292828282727
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