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Rusty Barrel surfForecast / Efate / Vanuatu

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 07 Jan 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
28.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Rusty Barrel today?

The current surf forecast for Rusty Barrel at 5AM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (08 Jan)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (08 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wed
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
1.4
SE
1.5
SE
1.1
ESE
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)656667777755567788889888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5245485884917377606098126726874618086907154373641
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
20
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
40
ENE
35
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
35
E
35
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:07PM
1.14
9:40AM
1.16
9:02PM
1.03
10:24AM
1.14
10:06PM
0.93
11:08AM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:49AM
0.16
3:28PM
0.56
3:31AM
0.28
4:33PM
0.55
4:16AM
0.40
Wed
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise----5:18-------5:18-------5:18---
Sunset-------6:25-------6:27-------6:27
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
12---------1112321334657
Temp. °C272727272828292827272727282827262626252525252524
Feels °C (?)292930303131323028282828292927262424232322222322
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