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Ifira Island surfForecast / Efate / Vanuatu

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 17 Mar 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
29.7° C
 (Which is 1.3°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 19s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (17 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)19s
Evening (17 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)18s

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

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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
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)
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
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 (?)
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)99818181717161616161515158999888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1841451381671581541471371311268079777458767978694946302919
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
WSW
0
ESE
5
E
5
ENE
5
ESE
0
E
0
SW
0
ESE
5
E
10
E
5
E
10
E
10
E
5
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		glassglassglasscross-
off		glassglassglassglasscross-
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)
4:36PM
1.23
5:25AM
1.25
5:18PM
1.26
5:54AM
1.30
6:01PM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:46AM
0.48
11:03PM
0.20
11:24AM
0.39
11:37PM
0.21
12:02PM
0.31
12:13AM
0.24
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
Sunrise5:48-------5:50-------5:50-------
Sunset---6:00-------6:00-------5:59----
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clear
part cloud
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thunderstorm
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clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
1231--------------1---11
Temp. °C262727272626262527282827272625252729292827272626
Feels °C (?)303130313030312931323332323028283032333130313029
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