Ifira Island surfForecast / Efate / Vanuatu

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 15 Jan 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
29.2° 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 4PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 15). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (15 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (15 Jan)5ft (1.5m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
S
1.1
W
1.1
W
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.2
S
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.2
S
0.3
SE
0.2
S
0.2
S
Period(s) (?)10101010101010109888109991515551451414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28432733237743143136935429366681861862417481641514
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
35
NNE
35
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:09PM
1.23
5:03AM
1.02
3:52PM
1.25
5:40AM
1.07
4:32PM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:10AM
0.72
10:22PM
0.24
10:00AM
0.71
10:59PM
0.19
10:44AM
0.68
11:34PM
0.15
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise5:22-------5:22-------5:24-------
Sunset---6:28-------6:28-------6:28----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---121---473243321341---
Temp. °C283029282727262628282827272727272829292828282727
Feels °C (?)303231303030282931313129302929303132323029292626
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