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Vaiaau surfForecast / Raiatea / French Polynesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 09 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 3AM is: 1.2m 19s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 09). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)18s
Afternoon (10 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)17s
Evening (10 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)16s

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

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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
4
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)222120201918181716161616151514141414161416161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2636437761089122212321192121710811042904806683619437515431515397236229506449437
Wind
(km/h)
35
E
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
30
ESE
30
E
30
E
25
E
25
E
30
E
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:46AM
0.17
1:41PM
0.20
1:33AM
0.15
1:32PM
0.18
12:58AM
0.14
1:06PM
0.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:04PM
0.05
7:23AM
0.06
7:53PM
0.06
6:52AM
0.06
7:16PM
0.08
6:26AM
0.05
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise-----6:07-------6:07-------6:07--
Sunset6:24-------6:23-------6:22-------
clear
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
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thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
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clear
Rain (mm)
--1221214121--2------1--
Temp. °C282828272728272828272827282728282828282827272728
Feels °C (?)272727262627262828262727282729292929292928282830
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