Vaiaau Surf Forecast

/ Raiatea (7 surf breaks) /

French Polynesia (41 surf breaks)

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Vaiaau surfForecast / Raiatea / French Polynesia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 14 Sep 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 27.4° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Vaiaau today?

The current surf forecast for Vaiaau at 2AM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 14). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (-10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	11s
Afternoon (15 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	13s
Evening (15 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	13s

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

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	Sunday 14			Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	14	14	13	13	12	14	14	13	13	13	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	439	361	406	374	344	400	444	444	560	600	555	592	630	915	1138	1589	2059	2784	3174	3126	2624	2330	2293	1981
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				1:44AM 0.19				12:31PM 0.14				1:05AM 0.17				11:10AM 0.16				11:59PM 0.17				11:01AM 0.19
Low Tide / height (m)		6:57PM 0.07				7:36AM 0.10				6:14PM 0.06				6:13AM 0.11				5:44PM 0.05				5:29AM 0.09

	Sunday 14			Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	25	25	26	25	26
Feels °C (?)	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	26	26	26	26	26	27	26	26	24	23	23	22	23

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Raiatea

Wind Update The wind is still offshore at Vaiaau (light winds from the ENE at Bora Bora 53 km from Vaiaau). 0.8m 12s groundswell from the SW with a 0.3m 15s groundswell, also from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
55 minutes ago Vaiaau

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