Vaiaau surfForecast / Raiatea / French Polynesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 11 Apr 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
29.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Vaiaau today?

The current surf forecast for Vaiaau at 1PM is: 2.2m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (-10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)7ft (2.2m)12s
Afternoon (11 Apr)7ft (2.2m)14s
Evening (11 Apr)7ft (2.2m)14s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
2
S
2
S
2
S
1.9
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)121212141414141313131313131313131212121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15051392141519491949189517621736166716421617144616171465144612931275121410821016722615519691
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
5
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:51AM
0.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:47AM
0.06
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise-6:13-------6:13-------6:13------
Sunset----6:00-------5:59-------5:58---
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1111------23355222--21--
Temp. °C262727272727272727272727272626272627272727272727
Feels °C (?)272828292929292929292928292828312930293030302929
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