Vanimo Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 2.67° S 141.31° E

Issued: 3 am 22 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Vanimo Reef sea temperature is

29.1°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 (22 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Vanimo Reef at 9AM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (22 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	5s
Afternoon (22 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	5s
Evening (22 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 45mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 28°C on Wed morning, min 25°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 22								Wednesday 23								Thursday 24
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 5	E 6	E 6	E 5	E 5	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	N 11	N 11	NE 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 12
Wave Graph
kJ	28	30	42	41	53	61	78	64	67	89	89	89	87	84	114	114	80	82	83	85	85	86	93	104
Wind (km/h)	E	E	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	E	E	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off
High Tide		2:37AM0.99m					5:20PM0.93m			3:42AM1.00m					5:52PM0.96m				4:44AM1.01m				6:20PM0.99m
Low Tide					10:07AM0.26m				10:16PM0.71m				10:55AM0.26m				11:11PM0.65m				11:37AM0.27m


	—	6:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:30	—	—
mm	1	2	3	3	3	2	1	—	1	2	4	4	4	2	1	1	1	4	3	3	3	2	1	—
Temp °C	26	26	25	27	27	27	26	26	25	26	25	27	28	28	26	26	26	25	25	26	27	27	26	26
Feels °C	30	30	28	30	30	30	29	29	28	29	28	31	31	32	30	30	30	29	29	29	31	31	29	29
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 11	NE 11	NE 9	N 12	NE 11	NE 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	NE 12	NE 12	N 11	E 6	E 6	N 11	N 11	N 11	E 5	E 5	N 11	N 12
kJ	19	18	14	25	20	43	37	58	58	89	87	84	87	84	114	73	59	82	83	85	26	27	93	104
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 9	ENE 9	N 10	NE 9	N 12	N 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	N 11	N 11	NE 11	N 11	N 10	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	N 11	N 11	NE 10	NE 10
kJ	8	8	8	14	25	23	43	41	60	86	89	89	82	82	75	114	80	73	72	71	85	86	49	48
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 9	N 13	N 13	NNE 12	N 9	N 9	N 13	NE 13	N 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 7	N 13	N 13	NW 7	NE 11	NE 11	E 13	NW 7	N 7	NE 10	NE 10	E 12	E 12
kJ	8	13	12	14	15	16	13	27	1	3	2	2	29	29	2	75	73	3	2	1	67	50	3	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 5	E 6	E 6	E 5	E 5	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	E 5
kJ	28	30	42	41	53	61	78	64	67	69	62	60	75	80	86	—	—	59	44	38	—	—	20	20
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau	Aitape Sandaun	Jailbreak Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Edmago New Ireland	Aitape Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Edmago New Ireland	Lidos Left Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Logs Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	1350	126	1	0	0	1045	126	0	0	0	0	0	0	1045	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Sandaun		Aitape	Lidos Right	Lidos Right	Jailbreak		Aitape	Lidos Right	Aitape	Sissano Lagoon	Aitape	Lidos Right	Lidos Right		Lidos Right	Aitape	Sissano Lagoon	Aitape	Lidos Right	Sissano Lagoon	Lidos Right	Lidos Right	Lidos Right	Lidos Right
Rating (10 max)		1	1	1	1		1	1	1	2	2	2	2		2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in Papua New Guinea		Aitape Sandaun	Nago New Ireland	Lidos Right Sandaun	Nago New Ireland	Long Long New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Long Long New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Sissano Lagoon Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Nusa New Ireland	Lidos Right Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Sissano Lagoon Sandaun	Nusa New Ireland	Lidos Right Sandaun	Sissano Lagoon Sandaun	Nago New Ireland	Nusa New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Nago New Ireland
Rating (10 max)		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	6	6	9	5	4	5	9	9	8	9	9	9	4	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	9	5	4

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