Ifira Island surfForecast / Efate / Vanuatu

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 16 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
29.9° C
(Which is 1.5°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 8AM is: 0.2m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 16). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 17s 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 cross-offshore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (16 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (16 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s

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


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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.6
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1
S
1.2
S
1.2
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
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)61615788889998818181717161616981515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)294722378010811111614622521914313816715815414713713112693917774
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
ENE
15
N
15
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
W
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
S
5
S
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:27AM
1.13
3:53PM
1.19
4:56AM
1.19
4:36PM
1.23
5:25AM
1.25
5:18PM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:06AM
0.57
10:28PM
0.22
10:46AM
0.48
11:03PM
0.20
11:24AM
0.39
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise--5:48-------5:48-------5:50-----
Sunset-----6:00-------6:00-------6:00--
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thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
32572235111-----1-----11
Temp. °C252525252626262424252425262625252525262828272727
Feels °C (?)282828282828282426282627292928282929303231303131
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