Pounders surfForecast / Efate / Vanuatu

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 17 Apr 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
29.4° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Pounders today?

The current surf forecast for Pounders at 2AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (18 Apr)1ft (0.3m)11s
Evening (18 Apr)1ft (0.3m)10s

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


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Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
SSE
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
Period(s) (?)13121212111111101013131312121212121111116151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)544744433837201918325380754744414123222115183939
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
20
E
20
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
N
5
NNW
5
NW
15
W
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:51PM
1.21
5:44AM
1.37
6:39PM
1.21
6:21AM
1.38
7:31PM
1.19
7:01AM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:41PM
0.35
12:22PM
0.07
12:23AM
0.41
1:07PM
0.03
1:07AM
0.49
1:55PM
0.04
Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise----5:56-------5:56-------5:56---
Sunset-------5:36-------5:35-------5:34
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
---34552122-------11-111
Temp. °C262626252727272726252626272828272626262527272726
Feels °C (?)262728272828293029283030313030292828282729282826
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