Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Pounders today (18 Jul):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with ESE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with ESE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 17s period with SE swell.
The current surf forecast for Pounders at 1AM is: 0.1m 21s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm July 17). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (+11) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Jul) | 2ft (0.6m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (18 Jul) | 2ft (0.6m) | 9s |
| Evening (18 Jul) | 1ft (0.3m) | 17s |
Table - waves today at Pounders. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Mon morning. Warm (max 26°C on Sat afternoon, min 21°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ENE on Fri night, calm by Mon morning). | ||||||||||||||||||
Fri 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | ||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 17 | S 17 | SE 21 | SE 20 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 18 | SE 17 | S 18 | S 18 | S 17 | S 17 | SE 16 | SE 15 | SE 15 | S 23 | SSW 22 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 6 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 55 | 55 | 54 | 49 | 47 | 59 | 55 | 53 | 50 | 45 | 60 | 59 | 91 | 158 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 8:37PM1.19m | 8:02AM1.17m | 9:20PM1.18m | 8:57AM1.07m | 10:03PM1.17m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:23AM0.46m | 2:42PM0.07m | 3:19AM0.45m | 3:25PM0.19m | ||||||||||||||
 | |  | |  | | |  | | | | | |  | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:28 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 24 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 24 |
Feels °C | 22 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 14 | SSE 5 | S 13 | S 16 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 18 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | ESE 9 | SE 9 | ESE 9 |
| kJ | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 55 | 54 | 49 | 39 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 40 | 39 | 31 | 20 | 30 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 17 | S 13 | S 16 | SE 20 | SE 19 | NE 11 | SE 18 | S 19 | SE 17 | SE 17 | SE 16 | SE 16 | SE 16 | SE 16 | SE 15 | SE 15 | SE 15 | SSW 22 |
| kJ | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 52 | 28 | 47 | 45 | 42 | 41 | 40 | 38 | 60 | 59 | 57 | 158 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | S 17 | SE 21 | S 12 | S 12 | SE 19 | S 19 | W 11 | S 18 | S 18 | S 18 | S 17 | S 17 | S 16 | S 16 | S 23 | S 23 | SE 15 |
| kJ | — | 6 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 59 | 55 | 53 | 50 | 45 | 43 | 43 | 91 | 57 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 4 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 10 | ENE 9 | ENE 4 | NE 4 | NE 5 | NE 10 | NE 9 | NE 4 | ENE 10 | NE 10 | NE 4 | NE 4 |
| kJ | 66 | 85 | 92 | 77 | 74 | 56 | 261 | 222 | 47 | 59 | 54 | 235 | 198 | 40 | 157 | 181 | 39 | 57 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 517 | 517 | 517 | 517 | 517 | 517 | 517 | 517 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 517 | 517 | 517 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Efate | ||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Vanuatu | ||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Pounders surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest