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Vaihu surfForecast / Easter Island / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 23 Jan 2026 -06
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Vaihu surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Vaihu sea temperature is
25.0° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Vaihu today?

The current surf forecast for Vaihu at 7PM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 23). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-06) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Afternoon (23 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (23 Jan)2ft (0.6m)18s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)7711111818171616161615151514141414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15715412111921131930939059574872991888186985794794792110141028999915902888
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
15
S
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		onononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:21PM
0.64
12:10AM
0.68
1:05PM
0.72
1:00AM
0.68
1:45PM
0.80
1:43AM
0.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:09PM
0.38
6:36AM
0.27
7:11PM
0.34
7:11AM
0.23
8:03PM
0.29
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise--------7:43-------7:43-------
Sunset---9:14-------9:14-------9:14----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
-------1---1---------11-
Temp. °C232323232323232223232323232322222223232323232222
Feels °C (?)202121212122222021222323232222222223242424242221
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