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Pounders surfForecast / Efate / Vanuatu

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 30 Jan 2026 +11
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Pounders surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Pounders sea temperature is
29.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Pounders today?

The current surf forecast for Pounders at 6AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 30). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (31 Jan)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (31 Jan)2ft (0.6m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Fri
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 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
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
S
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.4
SSE
0.3
S
0.4
SSE
0.3
S
0.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)1010912111110109999988888888777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5452471069390787263605940393722212121112310181010
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
20
E
15
E
15
E
20
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
10
E
15
ESE
15
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:01AM
1.15
4:05PM
1.37
5:47AM
1.21
4:58PM
1.39
6:28AM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:19PM
0.07
10:19AM
0.64
11:08PM
0.02
11:12AM
0.59
11:53PM
-0.00
12:02PM
0.54
Fri
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise----5:33-------5:33-------5:33---
Sunset-------6:27-------6:25-------6:25
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----111111-------------
Temp. °C272727272828282827272726282828282726262628292928
Feels °C (?)293030303029292928292928302929292928282931313029
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