Rusty Barrel surfForecast / Efate / Vanuatu

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 19 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
29.3° C
(Which is 1.8°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 7AM is: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (19 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (19 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
E
1.1
E
0.6
S
1
E
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
1.1
SE
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
1.2
SE
1.3
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
SSW
1
S
Period(s) (?)7712712121312125161515151456661515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)149113108897067787452518276767210779111181191215279357355435
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
NNW
5
W
10
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:07AM
1.35
7:22PM
1.13
6:49AM
1.31
8:23PM
1.08
7:35AM
1.25
9:33PM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:04AM
0.41
12:53PM
0.04
12:50AM
0.48
1:43PM
0.04
1:41AM
0.56
2:39PM
0.07
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise--5:56-------5:56-------5:56-----
Sunset-----5:34-------5:34-------5:32--
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
1-------121----112-122126
Temp. °C262627282827262726262627272626262625252524232223
Feels °C (?)303031313029272828272627272626262624232423222122
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