Vanimo Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 2.67° S 141.31° E

Issued: 9 am 24 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 (24 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with N swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with N swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Vanimo Reef at 6PM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a North direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (24 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	11s
Afternoon (24 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	11s
Evening (24 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	12s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 29°C on Thu morning, min 25°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thursday 24						Friday 25								Saturday 26
	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)	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 11	NNW 11	E 5	E 5	E 6	E 6	NNW 10
Wave Graph
kJ	83	85	85	86	89	104	106	106	104	103	103	101	71	71	70	62	39	55	54	49	58	33
Wind (km/h)	SE	ESE	ENE	ENE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	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	cross	cross-off
High Tide	4:44AM1.01m				6:20PM0.99m				5:41AM1.02m				6:47PM1.03m				6:37AM1.03m					7:14PM1.07m
Low Tide			11:37AM0.27m				11:58PM0.56m				12:16PM0.29m				00:43AM0.47m				12:55PM0.33m


	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:29	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	4	3	2	1	—	—	1	1	2	2	2	1	—	—
Temp °C	24	28	29	28	27	27	26	25	25	27	27	28	27	26	26	25	25	27	28	28	27	26
Feels °C	27	31	32	30	30	31	30	28	28	30	30	30	30	30	29	28	28	30	32	31	31	30
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 10	NNW 10
kJ	83	85	85	86	89	104	106	106	104	103	103	101	71	70	70	62	39	39	39	39	36	33
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 11	NE 11	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9
kJ	72	71	67	50	49	48	35	34	34	34	33	33	31	31	31	31	30	22	21	13	13	12
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	N 7	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	N 11	N 10
kJ	—	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 5	E 5	E 6	E 6	E 6
kJ	29	30	29	29	25	25	31	32	25	31	33	49	54	71	75	80	78	55	54	49	58	79
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	1051	1045	1045	1820	0	0	0	0	0	1045	1045	0	0	0	1	0	0	1820	1350	1820
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Rating (10 max)	1	1					1	1	1	1	1			1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	4	4	5	4	9	7	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	9

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