Vaiaau surfForecast / Raiatea / French Polynesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 17 Nov 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
28.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Vaiaau today?

The current surf forecast for Vaiaau at 4AM is: 2.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 17). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Nov)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (17 Nov)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Evening (17 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SSE
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313121212111313131313141414131318181716161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)205317031467122011801059861444444434232322928286161108149198193246
Wind
(km/h)
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
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
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:37PM
0.21
11:02AM
0.23
10:56PM
0.22
11:24AM
0.23
11:15PM
0.23
11:45AM
0.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:52AM
0.05
5:10PM
0.07
5:13AM
0.03
5:22PM
0.06
5:33AM
0.02
5:37PM
0.05
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Sunrise---5:22-------5:22-------5:22----
Sunset------6:17-------6:19-------6:19-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-------11111111111121211
Temp. °C262626262626262525252525252525252525252525252525
Feels °C (?)232322232324242222222222212221212223222222222223
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