Ifira Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 17.75° S 168.29° E

Issued: 4 am 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Ifira Island sea temperature is

24.7°C

Ifira 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 Ifira Island today (13 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 11s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Ifira Island at 8AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 13). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+11) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	11s
Afternoon (13 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	11s
Evening (13 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 24°C on Tue morning, min 21°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Sunday 13								Monday 14								Tuesday 15
	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	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 20	S 19	SSE 10	S 18	S 19	S 16	S 19	S 18	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 15	SSE 7	S 14
Wave Graph
kJ	149	295	242	116	112	110	108	121	190	250	314	465	502	866	803	381	586	350	240	391	124	115	81	64
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			6:48AM1.18m				7:07PM1.24m				7:33AM1.12m				7:39PM1.21m					8:19AM1.04m				8:11PM1.16m
Low Tide	00:48AM0.23m				12:56PM0.23m				1:28AM0.22m				1:30PM0.33m					2:09AM0.23m				2:04PM0.44m


	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:40	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	24	24	23	22	22
Feels °C	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	19	19	18	18	18	20	19	20	19	19	21	20	20	19	20
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 18	S 18	S 19	S 16	S 19	S 18	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 15	SSW 14	S 7
kJ	149	295	242	116	112	110	108	104	75	240	314	465	502	866	803	381	586	350	240	391	124	115	70	49
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 17	SSW 17	S 16	SSW 16	S 16	S 15	S 20	S 20	S 19	NE 12	NE 13	NE 14	S 20	NE 14	ENE 7	NE 13	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	NE 8	S 14
kJ	100	92	127	81	42	42	33	121	190	23	41	47	196	29	5	26	6	6	6	10	6	16	16	64
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 12	ENE 7	SW 11	WSW 16	NE 11	S 21	NE 13	ENE 12	NE 12	SW 19	SW 18	SW 18	NE 14	SW 16	NE 13	WSW 19	NE 13	NE 13	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 8
kJ	14	5	5	25	5	34	6	14	6	14	13	12	31	10	27	35	26	25	24	23	23	23	22	16
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 7	SE 4	SE 4	SE 6	SSE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	ESE 4	ESE 4	SE 4	SE 7	ESE 4	SE 6	SE 6	ESE 3	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	ESE 3
kJ	83	11	15	97	88	97	75	78	78	250	227	245	38	40	26	99	20	58	38	8	106	86	81	7
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	1	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	1	1	4	4	3
Distance (km)	521	521	521	1158	1755	1755	941	521	521	521	521	943	943	941	943	521	521	521	521	1831	1832	941	941	521
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