Vaiaau surfForecast / Raiatea / French Polynesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 21 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
29.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Vaiaau today?

The current surf forecast for Vaiaau at 2PM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (-10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (21 Mar)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (21 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.8
SSE
2
SSE
2
SSE
2
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)101010101010101010101011111112121414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)470480470470470529550696679653602867899959108488714961454124411901042878878757
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
0
N
5
N
0
NW
0
SE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
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)
12:49PM
0.27
1:15AM
0.25
1:07PM
0.27
1:32AM
0.22
1:25PM
0.26
1:43AM
0.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:56AM
0.04
7:10PM
-0.01
7:07AM
0.04
7:32PM
0.00
7:15AM
0.04
7:51PM
0.03
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise-6:09-------6:09-------6:09------
Sunset----6:15-------6:15-------6:14---
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------1---------1----1-
Temp. °C272727272828282727272727282827272727272727282727
Feels °C (?)313231313232323031313130323129293030282929312929
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