Vaiaau surfForecast / Raiatea / French Polynesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 02 Dec 2025 -10
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Vaiaau surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Vaiaau sea temperature is
28.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Vaiaau today?

The current surf forecast for Vaiaau at 9AM is: 0.4m 21s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am December 02). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 2.0m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)21s
Afternoon (02 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)20s
Evening (02 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)18s

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

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Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.4
NW
0.4
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
1
NNW
1
NNW
1
NNW
1
NNW
1.1
NW
1.2
NNW
1
NNW
1
NNW
1
NNW
1
NNW
1
NNW
1
NNW
Period(s) (?)141422212020201818181817171616161616161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)138118118180261339256299408497491528594566552539587683525512512506499474
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
45
SSE
40
SE
25
SSE
30
S
30
S
25
S
25
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
S
20
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:54PM
0.18
10:46AM
0.21
10:17PM
0.20
11:12AM
0.21
10:47PM
0.23
11:39AM
0.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:13AM
0.06
4:38PM
0.10
4:48AM
0.04
4:57PM
0.09
5:25AM
0.02
5:21PM
0.07
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Sunrise---5:22-------5:22-------5:22----
Sunset------6:27-------6:27-------6:28-
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1521--1------------------
Temp. °C252626262726262626262626262626262626262626262626
Feels °C (?)242222242424252526262626262726272626262727272828
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