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Pounders surfForecast / Efate / Vanuatu

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 10 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 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Pounders today?

The current surf forecast for Pounders at 1AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 10). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (11 Jan)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (11 Jan)--

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sat
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
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
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.2
W
0.3
SSE
0.4
WNW
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.9
W
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
1.1
W
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)9888881281113131488138881111111176
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)383735272622131201211563381616408161010205154154151158
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
E
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
W
10
WNW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
SW
10
S
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscrosscross-
off		crossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:28PM
0.92
11:59AM
1.18
12:52AM
0.88
12:46PM
1.18
2:17AM
0.89
1:34PM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:51PM
0.54
5:13AM
0.53
6:58PM
0.49
6:07AM
0.62
8:01PM
0.43
7:09AM
0.68
Sat
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise----5:20-------5:20-------5:22---
Sunset-------6:27-------6:28-------6:28
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Rain (mm)
34421311131321356431-111
Temp. °C262525262625252525252524252727272625252527282828
Feels °C (?)272627282726262727282828283130323029292931323231
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