Pounders Surf Forecast

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Pounders surfForecast / Efate / Vanuatu

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 +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 26.2° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Pounders today?

The current surf forecast for Pounders at 10AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+11) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	14s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	14s
Evening (16 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	13s

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

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	Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	6	6	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	421	510	372	289	323	210	183	244	259	280	247	258	131	109	112	100	101	88	68	67	53	60	55	75
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	11:55PM 1.09					2:23PM 0.98			1:17AM 1.09					3:21PM 1.04				2:28AM 1.12				4:05PM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)			7:21AM 0.20				7:40PM 0.66					8:29AM 0.16				8:52PM 0.60				9:24AM 0.13				9:46PM 0.52

	Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	23	23	22	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	23	24	24	23	24	26	26	25	24	23
Feels °C (?)	19	18	20	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	20	19	19	21	20	20	20	19	19	22	22	23	21	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Efate

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Pounders (light winds from the ESE at Bauerfield Airport - Efate Island 10 km from Pounders). 2.0m 4s local chop from the ESE with a 0.5m 7s swell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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1 h 35 min ago

19 km/h

ESE

Cross-On

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