Ifira Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 17.75° S 168.29° E

Issued: 4 am 12 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 (12 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 7s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 7s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Ifira Island at 8AM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 21s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+11) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	7s
Afternoon (12 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	7s
Evening (12 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Sat morning, min 20°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Saturday 12								Sunday 13								Monday 14
	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	S 6	S 7	S 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	S 18	S 11	S 11	S 16	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 20	S 19	S 18	S 18	S 19	SE 10	S 19	S 18	S 17
Wave Graph
kJ	119	123	245	246	228	203	162	156	189	155	127	116	112	110	106	121	190	240	314	465	229	866	664	587
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			6:02AM1.23m				6:35PM1.26m				6:48AM1.18m				7:07PM1.24m				7:33AM1.12m				7:39PM1.21m
Low Tide	00:06AM0.27m				12:20PM0.14m				00:48AM0.23m				12:56PM0.23m				1:28AM0.22m				1:30PM0.33m


	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:40	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	21	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	21	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22
Feels °C	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	17	17	18	18	18	19	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	20	20
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 10	SSW 21	S 20	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 18	S 18	S 19	S 16	S 19	S 18	S 17
kJ	33	32	144	194	61	114	146	144	189	155	118	116	112	110	106	104	52	240	314	465	186	866	664	587
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 20	SSW 21	S 10	S 11	SSW 19	S 19	S 18	S 18	SSW 17	SSW 17	S 16	SSW 16	S 16	S 15	S 20	S 20	S 19	S 10	NE 13	ENE 7	S 20	NE 14	NE 13	ENE 8
kJ	80	86	19	21	124	180	162	156	100	92	127	81	42	42	33	121	190	50	41	5	196	46	27	6
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	ENE 13	ENE 12	ENE 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	ENE 7	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	S 21	NE 14	ENE 12	ENE 12	ENE 12	SW 18	NE 14	NE 14	SW 16	SW 16	NE 13
kJ	27	27	26	16	15	15	14	13	13	5	6	6	6	34	8	14	14	14	13	29	50	10	10	26
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	S 6	S 7	S 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 10	ESE 4	SE 4	ESE 4
kJ	119	123	245	246	228	203	162	136	83	83	76	91	91	83	85	82	95	77	245	267	229	19	44	20
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Rating (10 max)	2	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	1	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4
Distance (km)	1832	521	1587	1587	1587	1587	1004	521	521	521	521	1158	1755	1754	943	521	521	521	521	943	943	941	521	521
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