Vaiaau surfForecast / Raiatea / French Polynesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 07 Mar 2026 -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
29.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Vaiaau today?

The current surf forecast for Vaiaau at 12AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 15s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 07). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Afternoon (08 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (08 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SW
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)121211111515111414131313121212232221202019181817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)35534328323322528421821024723923222220515215020026364377610891222107411921152
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
E
35
E
30
E
30
E
25
ENE
30
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
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
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:44AM
0.22
1:36PM
0.24
1:48AM
0.20
1:41PM
0.22
1:46AM
0.17
1:41PM
0.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:45PM
0.01
7:38AM
0.04
7:59PM
0.03
7:38AM
0.05
8:04PM
0.05
7:23AM
0.06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise-----6:07-------6:07-------6:07--
Sunset6:25-------6:24-------6:24-------
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-1---1-------11------121
Temp. °C282828282728282828282827282828282828282727272827
Feels °C (?)292929282728272728282725272727272827272526262826
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