Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Vaihu today (15 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 10s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 11s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Vaihu at 9PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (-06) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (15 Sep) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 10s |
| Evening (15 Sep) | 5ft (1.5m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Vaihu. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 21°C on Thu night, min 17°C on Tue afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the NW by Thu night). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 15 | Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | |||||||||||||||||
4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 11 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SW 21 | SW 21 | SW 20 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 576 | 504 | 513 | 409 | 347 | 428 | 707 | 746 | 945 | 1322 | 1295 | 1075 | 995 | 1099 | 1087 | 1074 | 875 | 813 | 803 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | cross-off | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 00:36AM0.74m | 1:04PM0.58m | 1:14AM0.78m | 1:39PM0.59m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:06PM0.22m | 7:11AM0.17m | 6:47PM0.19m | 7:48AM0.15m | 7:20PM0.18m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 8:14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:12 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 8:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:10 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 |
Feels °C | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 11 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 |
| kJ | 576 | 504 | 513 | 409 | 347 | 314 | 298 | 316 | 945 | 1322 | 1295 | 1075 | 995 | 1099 | 1087 | 1074 | 875 | 813 | 803 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | S 12 | SW 21 | SW 21 | SW 20 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SW 11 | SW 11 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | E 7 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 |
| kJ | 379 | 307 | 249 | 249 | 112 | 428 | 707 | 746 | 246 | 194 | 190 | 148 | 283 | 364 | 340 | 318 | 25 | 176 | 165 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 8 | ENE 7 | ENE 8 | S 13 | SW 17 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | E 7 | E 7 | E 7 | ENE 7 | E 7 | S 12 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 |
| kJ | 33 | 31 | 32 | 115 | 179 | 29 | 27 | 38 | 38 | 37 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 25 | 28 | 25 | 44 | 16 | 16 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 3 | — | W 10 | NW 4 | NW 4 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | 361 | 32 | 39 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3524 | 2 | 3540 | 3540 | 3540 |
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