Ifira Island Surf Forecast

/ Efate (31 surf breaks) /

Vanuatu (31 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (17.75° S 168.29° E)

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Ifira Island surfForecast / Efate / Vanuatu

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 +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 26.2° C
(Which is 1.1°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 3PM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+11) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	0.5ft (0.2m)	10s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	6s
Evening (18 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	15s

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

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	Thursday 18						Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
	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	2 AM	5 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 (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	E	E	E	S	SE
Period(s) (?)	10	6	6	16	15	15	14	14	14	6	10	13	13	6	6	18	17	6	6	8	8	8	14	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	8	27	17	20	4	4	4	4	4	15	2	3	3	24	19	6	6	18	19	103	82	82	15	16
Wind (km/h)	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	E	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- 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	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)				4:05PM 1.10				3:27AM 1.15				4:41PM 1.15				4:17AM 1.18					5:13PM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)		9:24AM 0.13				9:46PM 0.52				10:10AM 0.12				10:31PM 0.44				10:49AM 0.13					11:10PM 0.37

	Thursday 18						Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	23	25	25	24	23	23	23	23	24	25	24	25	23	23	23	23
Feels °C (?)	21	20	21	21	20	20	21	20	20	21	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	21	21	23	22	22	22	23

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Efate

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Ifira Island (moderate winds from the ESE at Bauerfield Airport - Efate Island 6 km from Ifira Island). 1.6m 4s local chop from the ESE to make surfable waves.
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Actual: 35 min ago

26 km/h

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Cross-Off

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