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Vaiaau surfForecast / Raiatea / French Polynesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 14 Jan 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
28.5° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Vaiaau today?

The current surf forecast for Vaiaau at 10AM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 14). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 18s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.0m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (-10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (14 Jan)2ft (0.6m)18s

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

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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
NNW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.8
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)191214141313181716161615141413131313121616151212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20794261236219192209264412733740752845722545536528451377304304299247222
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
20
E
20
E
25
E
25
E
30
ENE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:10PM
0.16
11:18PM
0.16
12:13PM
0.17
11:39PM
0.18
12:24PM
0.18
12:01AM
0.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:01AM
0.07
6:16PM
0.10
6:07AM
0.05
6:12PM
0.08
6:18AM
0.03
6:15PM
0.07
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
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Sunset----6:45-------6:45-------6:45---
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Rain (mm)
11-244421-11111234421111
Temp. °C272727272727272827272727272727272726272727272827
Feels °C (?)282828282827272927262626272727272827282827272726
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