Ifira Island surfForecast / Efate / Vanuatu

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 28 Feb 2026 +11
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Ifira Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ifira Island sea temperature is
29.6° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ifira Island today?

The current surf forecast for Ifira Island at 1PM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am February 28). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)5ft (1.6m)9s
Afternoon (28 Feb)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (28 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)8s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
2
S
1.6
S
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
1
S
1
S
1
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)810109888877771010101099101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)293786484394251201259221159868063198192197726915315914638242424
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
S
10
SE
5
ESE
5
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:05PM
1.26
4:44AM
1.18
4:03PM
1.30
5:22AM
1.24
4:53PM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:23AM
0.65
10:05PM
0.12
10:19AM
0.57
10:51PM
0.10
11:06AM
0.50
11:32PM
0.10
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
Sunrise5:45-------5:45-------5:45-------
Sunset---6:13-------6:12-------6:12----
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
clear
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
23321---2-331--123491--1
Temp. °C272828272727272727282727262625252627252526262626
Feels °C (?)282929283029303030323132293029282930282727282828
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