Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Vaihu today (18 Jun):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Jun, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 16s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Jun, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 15s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Jun, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 8s period with SE swell.
The current surf forecast for Vaihu at 1AM is: 1.3m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm June 17). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (-06) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Jun) | 5ft (1.5m) | 16s |
| Afternoon (18 Jun) | 5ft (1.5m) | 15s |
| Evening (18 Jun) | 10ft (3.0m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Vaihu. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 36mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Wed night, min 19°C on Thu afternoon). Mainly strong winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wed 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Sat 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 16 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 621 | 694 | 871 | 955 | 1137 | 920 | 1096 | 1068 | 1028 | 871 | 1137 | 931 | 1062 | 3241 | 4689 | 5671 | 5587 | 5040 | 4396 | 3891 | 3515 | 3158 | 2726 | 2383 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | off | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off |
High Tide | 9:26PM0.55m | 9:37AM0.86m | 10:37PM0.60m | 10:39AM0.83m | 11:39PM0.65m | 11:38AM0.79m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:35PM0.14m | 2:52AM0.22m | 4:34PM0.12m | 4:09AM0.23m | 5:27PM0.11m | 5:21AM0.23m | ||||||||||||||||||
 |  |  |  | |  |  | |  | | | | |  |  | | |  | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 8:04 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:06 | — | — |
 | — | 6:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:30 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Temp °C | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
Feels °C | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 11 | ESE 11 | SW 18 | SW 16 | SW 16 | WNW 9 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SE 8 | SW 10 | SE 8 | SW 15 | SW 16 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 |
| kJ | 334 | 300 | 871 | 955 | 1137 | 383 | 1096 | 1068 | 1028 | 871 | 699 | 628 | 665 | 3241 | 4689 | 5671 | 5587 | 5040 | 4396 | 3891 | 3515 | 3158 | 2726 | 2383 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 12 | SW 18 | SE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | SW 16 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | W 8 | W 8 | SW 10 | SSE 8 | SW 12 | SW 19 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 |
| kJ | 423 | 694 | 248 | 178 | 178 | 920 | 238 | 126 | 88 | 88 | 475 | 361 | 913 | 1519 | 634 | 708 | 681 | 596 | 545 | 469 | 349 | 319 | 306 | 512 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 18 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | WNW 13 | SW 11 | ESE 10 | SW 11 | ESE 10 | SW 11 | SW 15 | ESE 8 | SW 15 | NNW 11 | SW 20 | NNW 11 | WNW 9 | N 11 | NNW 12 | NNW 12 | NNW 10 | NNW 10 | S 9 | NNW 10 |
| kJ | 621 | 324 | 200 | 193 | 17 | 177 | 125 | 121 | 83 | 117 | 767 | 294 | 1062 | 12 | 563 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 104 | 10 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 5 | NW 6 | NW 6 | NW 8 | W 11 | — | S 4 | SE 5 | SE 6 | SE 7 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | — | — | — | NNE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | — |
| kJ | 53 | 96 | 135 | 288 | 771 | — | 12 | 160 | 306 | 453 | 1137 | 931 | 781 | 593 | 1033 | — | — | — | 13 | 33 | 43 | 40 | 42 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 3600 | 3540 | 3513 | 3524 | 3575 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 3524 | 3524 | 7 | 3575 | 3575 | 3560 | 8 | 3560 | 3560 | 8 | 3575 | 3540 | 3524 | 3524 | 3540 | 3524 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Easter Island | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Chile | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Vaihu surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest