Rusty Barrel surfForecast / Efate / Vanuatu

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 03 Apr 2026 +11
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Rusty Barrel surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rusty Barrel 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 Rusty Barrel today?

The current surf forecast for Rusty Barrel at 2PM is: 1.7m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 03). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Afternoon (03 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Evening (03 Apr)6ft (1.9m)8s

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


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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.9
E
2.2
E
2.3
E
2.5
E
1.6
SE
0.3
SSW
1.8
SE
2
ESE
2
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.5
ESE
3
ESE
2.5
E
Period(s) (?)7888888888899999129999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)327336336372421419410408428434422537759817125241529516591608928109812291148
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
SE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
25
E
25
E
25
E
30
E
35
E
35
E
30
E
30
E
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:56AM
1.25
6:35PM
1.10
6:23AM
1.23
7:17PM
1.05
6:51AM
1.19
8:02PM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:24PM
0.22
12:21AM
0.42
1:00PM
0.22
12:54AM
0.49
1:38PM
0.23
1:29AM
0.56
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
Sunrise5:52-------5:52-------5:52-------
Sunset---5:45-------5:45-------5:45----
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thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1111-11--1211-1112111---
Temp. °C272827272727262728282827272726262728282727272727
Feels °C (?)272827272727262829282826262625252628282727272727
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