Vaiaau 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 16.85° S 151.49° W

Issued: 1 pm 10 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Vaiaau sea temperature is

26.4°C

Vaiaau surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Vaiaau today (10 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 15s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 16s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 15s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Vaiaau at 10PM is: 1.3m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 10). An open ocean swell of 2.3m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Oct)	5ft (1.5m)	15s
Afternoon (10 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	16s
Evening (10 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	15s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Sat afternoon, min 23°C on Sat night). Mainly strong winds.
	Sat 10					Sunday 11								Monday 12
	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 15	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 15	SSW 18	SSW 18	S 19	S 19	S 19	S 19	S 17	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 15
Wave Graph
kJ	860	883	883	786	706	565	565	485	778	1016	1069	1783	2276	2800	2867	2794	2770	2479	1977	1654	1371
Wind (km/h)	ESE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		11:54AM0.27m				11:50PM0.26m				12:13PM0.26m				00:08AM0.26m				12:32PM0.25m
Low Tide				5:59PM0.03m				6:04AM-0.00m				6:12PM0.03m				6:24AM-0.00m				6:25PM0.03m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:39	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	6:04	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:04	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—
mm	1	1	1	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	1	1
Temp °C	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Feels °C	21	21	20	19	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	18	18	19	18	18	19	18	19	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 15	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 15	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 17	S 19	S 19	S 19	S 17	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 15
kJ	860	883	883	786	706	565	565	485	778	1016	1069	1783	2276	2800	2867	2794	2770	2479	1977	1654	1371
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 11	ENE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NNW 16	SSW 20	SSW 20	SSW 19	SSW 14	SSW 14	S 19	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15
kJ	12	12	19	19	25	75	221	419	384	356	1059	715	904	700	334	407	142	188	496	600	600
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 16	NW 16	NNW 16	NNW 16	NE 11	ENE 11	NE 11	ENE 11	NNW 15	NNW 15	NNW 15	S 11	NNW 15	SSW 12	S 12	NNW 13	NNW 13	NNW 13	NNW 13	NNW 13	NNW 13
kJ	10	10	26	25	18	11	4	11	21	42	21	21	21	195	141	35	35	17	17	17	16
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7
kJ	644	600	585	569	554	515	515	501	529	612	671	684	703	673	645	620	620	620	603	544	544
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	3	2	2	3	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	3313	3313	3313	3322	3741	3313	3322	3313	3322	3313	3313	3322	3783	3744	3313	3322	3313	3741	3313	3313	3322
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