Vaiaau surfForecast / Raiatea / French Polynesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 08 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
29.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Vaiaau today?

The current surf forecast for Vaiaau at 12AM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 08). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (09 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)23s
Evening (09 Mar)3ft (0.9m)21s

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


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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
S
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)141313131212122322212020191818171616161615151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2472392292222051521412002636437681089122212321192115210811042904806636619437437
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
E
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
E
35
E
30
E
25
E
30
ENE
25
ENE
30
E
30
E
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
E
20
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
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:48AM
0.20
1:41PM
0.22
1:46AM
0.17
1:41PM
0.20
1:33AM
0.15
1:32PM
0.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:59PM
0.03
7:38AM
0.05
8:04PM
0.05
7:23AM
0.06
7:53PM
0.06
6:52AM
0.06
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise-----6:07-------6:07-------6:07--
Sunset6:24-------6:24-------6:23-------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----11---1111----111---
Temp. °C282828282828282828282827272728282828282727272828
Feels °C (?)282828262727272727272725262727282727272727272829
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