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Pounders surfForecast / Efate / Vanuatu

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 21 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
29.4° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Pounders today?

The current surf forecast for Pounders at 3PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 21). An open ocean swell of 2.2m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (21 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (21 Jan)1ft (0.3m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
S
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
0.4
S
0.8
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)1111101011101011111212111110101099998856
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4039373521202122222129196613541086786605529359306258251187253766
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:50AM
1.20
7:02PM
1.25
8:21AM
1.22
7:43PM
1.20
8:55AM
1.23
8:30PM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:23PM
0.59
1:46AM
0.16
2:06PM
0.57
2:20AM
0.21
2:53PM
0.54
2:56AM
0.29
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
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Sunset---6:28-------6:28-------6:28----
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Rain (mm)
----11-----22-133211-132
Temp. °C292930292828282829292928282828272828282827272626
Feels °C (?)302932313028292931302929303030282929293030313029
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