Vaihu 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 27.17° S 109.37° W

Issued: 12 pm 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Vaihu sea temperature is

20.9°C

Vaihu surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Vaihu today (29 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Oct, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 14s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 14s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Vaihu at 4PM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 29). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-06) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Oct)	11ft (3.5m)	14s
Afternoon (29 Oct)	10ft (3.0m)	14s
Evening (29 Oct)	10ft (3.0m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu morning, min 17°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Thu 29					Friday 30								Saturday 31
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 16	SW 16	SSW 15
Wave Graph
kJ	4250	3889	3709	3487	3163	2967	2595	2392	2223	2073	1837	1759	1633	1559	1438	1218	1036	961	2311	2627	2544
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide		11:03AM0.50m				11:09PM0.85m				11:57AM0.55m				00:01AM0.88m				12:45PM0.59m
Low Tide				4:23PM0.21m				6:06AM0.10m				5:23PM0.18m				6:50AM0.06m				6:17PM0.15m


	7:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:26	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	8:32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:34	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	18
Feels °C	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	14	15	14	13	13	14	14	13	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 16	SW 16	SSW 15
kJ	4250	3889	3709	3487	3163	2967	2595	2392	2223	2073	1837	1759	1633	1559	1438	1218	1036	961	2311	2627	2544
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	SW 20	SW 18	SW 18	N 10	NNW 20	NW 19
kJ	28	28	28	28	28	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	61	162	460	8	37	59
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 12	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	NNW 11	NNW 12	N 11	NW 20	N 10	N 10
kJ	12	3	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	12	15	9	15	2	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	E 6	E 6	E 6
kJ	61	66	68	74	73	75	91	112	132	128	128	94	81	84	78	59	78	84	78	71	89
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Rating (10 max)	1	3	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Distance (km)	3608	3540	3540	3540	3524	7	3524	3524	3540	3540	3540	3540	7	7	11	3524	3540	3540	3540	3540	3524
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Rating (10 max)						4							4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	9	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	8	6	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4

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