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Vaiaau surfForecast / Raiatea / French Polynesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 21 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
27.8° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Vaiaau today?

The current surf forecast for Vaiaau at 7AM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 21). An open ocean swell of 1.9m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (-10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (21 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (21 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SSE
1.8
SSE
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
NW
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
3.5
SSE
3.5
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.3
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)991111111111131414141313999991099998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5004974768684747423634578556181119511405885144713201067848604512443
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NW
10
W
10
SW
5
WNW
10
NW
10
N
15
NNE
20
N
35
N
40
NNW
45
NNW
35
NW
20
WSW
30
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrossoncross-
on		onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:54PM
0.23
12:25PM
0.20
12:14AM
0.22
12:44PM
0.18
12:35AM
0.21
1:01PM
0.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:19AM
0.01
6:12PM
0.04
6:43AM
0.01
6:31PM
0.05
7:07AM
0.03
6:49PM
0.05
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise---5:22-------5:22-------5:22----
Sunset------6:20-------6:21-------6:22-
thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
53354555-111214312------
Temp. °C232324242524242324242525262526262626252525252625
Feels °C (?)222424242525252526262627262423222124252323242626
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