Vaihu surfForecast / Easter Island / Chile

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 -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
20.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Vaihu today?

The current surf forecast for Vaihu at 6AM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-06) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (18 Sep)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (18 Sep)5ft (1.6m)10s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
0.9
SW
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.1
SW
1.6
SE
1.5
SSE
1.2
WSW
1.2
SW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)111110101010141010171011151616161514141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)531575464446461443313490500671480499616729832801711796785763833721632572
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
20
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
20
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
30
NNE
35
N
35
NNW
40
N
40
N
35
NNW
40
NNW
45
NNW
40
NNW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:10AM
0.83
4:25PM
0.60
4:49AM
0.76
5:05PM
0.57
5:29AM
0.67
5:51PM
0.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:37PM
0.11
10:40AM
0.16
10:16PM
0.15
11:17AM
0.20
10:59PM
0.21
11:56AM
0.26
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise----8:11-------8:10-------8:08---
Sunset-------8:10-------8:12-------8:12
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cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
thunderstorm
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------1---615111510511
Temp. °C161616161616161616171717181919201918191917171818
Feels °C (?)121211111111121212121211121212141513131415151514
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Easter Island

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Vaihu (light winds from the SSE at Easter Island 6 km from Vaihu). 1.6m 10s swell from the SSE with a 0.9m 12s groundswell from the SW and a 0.4m 15s groundswell, also from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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7 km/h
SSE
Clean
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