Vanimo Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 2.67° S 141.31° E

Issued: 9 pm 10 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Vanimo Reef sea temperature is

29.4°C

Vanimo Reef 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 Vanimo Reef today (11 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 14s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 13s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 13s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Vanimo Reef at 1AM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm October 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (+10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	14s
Afternoon (11 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	13s
Evening (11 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 30°C on Mon morning, min 25°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sat 10		Sunday 11								Monday 12
	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)	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 16	NE 14	NE 15	NE 15	NE 14	NE 14	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 11	NE 11	N 11	E 6
Wave Graph
kJ	310	224	360	355	350	285	246	246	168	163	144	141	116	87	79	76	88	61
Wind (km/h)	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	E	ENE	E	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off
High Tide	6:57PM1.12m					7:53AM1.01m				7:26PM1.13m				8:45AM1.01m				7:55PM1.13m
Low Tide				1:31AM0.25m				1:28PM0.50m				2:12AM0.19m				2:07PM0.57m


	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:25	—	—
mm	—	—	1	1	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	27	26	26	26	25	28	29	29	26	26	25	25	25	29	30	29	26	26
Feels °C	31	30	30	30	28	30	31	31	29	29	28	28	28	30	30	30	29	29
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 16	NE 14	NE 15	NE 15	NE 14	NE 14	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 11	N 11	N 11	N 11
kJ	310	224	360	355	350	285	246	246	168	163	144	141	116	87	79	63	88	61
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 11	NE 16	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 12	N 12	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11
kJ	84	208	82	81	81	55	54	54	54	54	53	33	33	69	68	76	42	58
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 13	N 11	NW 11	NW 11	NNW 10	NNW 10	NNW 10	NNW 10	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 8	NNW 9
kJ	87	82	5	5	11	10	10	10	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	15
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 4	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 4	E 4	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 6
kJ	17	20	16	15	22	25	27	37	41	41	31	30	34	36	38	51	57	59
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1045	1045	1045	0	0	0	0	1051	1045	1045	1045	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Sandaun	Lidos Right	Lidos Right	Aitape	Aitape	Aitape	Lidos Right				Aitape	Lidos Right	Aitape	Sissano Lagoon					Aitape
Rating (10 max)	2	3	2	2	2	2				2	2	2	2					1
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Rating (10 max)	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	6	5	6	9	9	9	9	8	4	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5

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