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 am Thursday 21 Aug 2025 -10

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 27.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Vaiaau today?

The current surf forecast for Vaiaau at 1PM is: 1.3m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 21). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Aug)	4.5ft (1.3m)	16s
Afternoon (21 Aug)	4ft (1.2m)	15s
Evening (21 Aug)	3.5ft (1.0m)	14s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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	Thursday 21							Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sun 24
	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	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1003	881	826	619	515	515	432	419	332	313	304	299	299	400	521	624	802	923	1044	1321	1280	1387	1474	1574
Wind (km/h)	E	ENE	E	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	E	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	E	E	E	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				11:45AM 0.23				12:10AM 0.21				12:07PM 0.25				12:23AM 0.22				12:30PM 0.27				12:38AM 0.24
Low Tide / height (m)		5:52AM 0.06				6:19PM 0.02				6:05AM 0.04				6:34PM 0.01				6:22AM 0.02				6:49PM 0.02

	Thursday 21							Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sun 24
Sunrise	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	25	25	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	25	26	26	26	25	25	26	25	26	26	26	26	25
Feels °C (?)	24	24	24	25	24	23	22	23	23	23	25	24	24	23	22	22	21	22	22	24	22	22	22	21

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Raiatea

Wind Update The wind is still offshore at Vaiaau (moderate winds from the E at Bora Bora 53 km from Vaiaau). A 1.0m groundswell from the SSW
1 hour 29 minutes ago Vaiaau

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