Rusty Barrel surfForecast / Efate / Vanuatu

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 04 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
29.0° 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 10AM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)5ft (1.5m)8s
Afternoon (04 Apr)5ft (1.6m)9s
Evening (04 Apr)7ft (2.1m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.6
E
2.1
ESE
2.1
E
2.4
E
3
E
1.9
ESE
1.9
SE
3.5
E
3.5
E
3.5
E
3
E
3.5
E
3
E
3
E
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.4
SE
Period(s) (?)888899999109911101091110109991010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3944032993063074376927269581647565550256723562224146924082172209710841203101911851044
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
20
E
20
E
25
ESE
30
E
25
E
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
SE
25
SE
30
SE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:23AM
1.23
7:17PM
1.05
6:51AM
1.19
8:02PM
1.00
7:22AM
1.13
8:54PM
0.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:21AM
0.42
1:00PM
0.22
12:54AM
0.49
1:38PM
0.23
1:29AM
0.56
2:19PM
0.26
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise--5:52-------5:52-------5:52-----
Sunset-----5:45-------5:45-------5:44--
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
1-1--11---112112------11
Temp. °C272728292928272727272728282727272727282828282727
Feels °C (?)282929303028262726262627282727272726272727282626
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