Vanimo Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 2.67° S 141.31° E

Issued: 3 am 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

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 12PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

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 Mostly dry. Warm (max 30°C on Mon morning, min 25°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sunday 11								Monday 12								Tuesday 13
	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)	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	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	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	NNE 13	NNE 13	NNE 12	NNE 12	NNE 12
Wave Graph
kJ	360	355	350	285	246	246	168	163	144	141	116	87	79	76	88	61	61	57	56	59	90	115	189	193
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	E	ENE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ENE	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	cross	cross	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-on	cross	cross-off
High Tide				7:53AM1.01m				7:26PM1.13m				8:45AM1.01m				7:55PM1.13m				9:35AM1.00m				8:25PM1.11m
Low Tide		1:31AM0.25m				1:28PM0.50m				2:12AM0.19m				2:07PM0.57m				2:51AM0.15m				2:45PM0.63m


	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:24	—	—
mm	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	26	26	26	28	29	29	26	26	25	25	25	29	30	29	26	25	25	25	25	29	29	28	26	25
Feels °C	30	30	29	30	30	31	29	30	28	28	28	30	30	30	28	28	28	28	28	31	30	30	29	28
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 15	NE 15	NE 14	NE 14	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	N 12	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 10	NNE 13	NNE 12	NNE 12	NNE 12
kJ	360	355	350	285	246	246	168	163	144	141	116	87	68	63	88	61	61	57	56	52	90	115	189	193
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 12	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	N 10	N 10	NE 10	NNW 8
kJ	82	81	81	55	54	54	54	54	53	33	33	69	79	76	42	58	41	57	40	40	50	51	15	7
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	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	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNE 13	NNE 13	NE 10	NE 10	NNW 8	E 11
kJ	5	5	11	10	10	10	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	15	15	15	35	59	36	15	6	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 5	E 5	E 4	E 4	E 4	E 4	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 4	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
kJ	16	16	13	17	18	19	21	21	21	20	19	25	25	34	37	45	37	37	35	34	33	29	22	22
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	1	1045	1045	1045	0	0	0	0	1051	1045	1045	126	0	0	0	0	0	1045	1045	224	0
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2				2	2	2	1				1	1	1	2	2	1				2
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	6	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	7	6	5	5	5	6	4	4

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