Vanimo Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 2.67° S 141.31° E

Issued: 9 pm 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Vanimo Reef sea temperature is

29.2°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 (12 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 11s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Vanimo Reef at 2AM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	12s
Afternoon (12 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	11s
Evening (12 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	11s

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 24°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sun 11		Monday 12								Tuesday 13
	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	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	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	168	163	144	141	116	87	79	76	88	61	61	57	56	59	90	115	189	193
Wind (km/h)	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	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	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-on	cross	cross-off
High Tide		7:26PM1.13m				8:45AM1.01m				7:55PM1.13m				9:35AM1.00m				8:25PM1.11m
Low Tide				2:12AM0.19m				2:07PM0.57m				2:51AM0.15m				2:45PM0.63m


	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:24	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	26	26	26	25	25	29	30	29	26	25	25	25	25	28	30	29	26	25
Feels °C	29	30	30	28	28	30	30	30	29	28	28	28	28	30	32	31	29	29
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 13	NE 13	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 10	NNE 13	NNE 12	NNE 12	NNE 12
kJ	168	163	144	141	116	87	79	63	88	61	61	57	56	52	90	115	189	193
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 12	N 12	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	N 10	N 10	NE 10	NNW 8
kJ	54	54	53	33	33	69	68	76	58	58	57	57	40	40	50	51	15	7
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	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	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 5	E 5	E 4	E 4	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 4	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5
kJ	28	28	21	20	22	32	28	27	29	30	23	22	25	20	21	30	26	27
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Edmago New Ireland	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Nago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Edmago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Aitape Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	1045	0	0	0	0	1051	1045	1045	0	0	0	0	0	0	1045	1045	126	0
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Rating (10 max)		2	2	2	1				1	1	1	1	1	1			1	2
Best forecast wave conditions in Papua New Guinea	Nusa New Ireland	Lidos Right Sandaun	Sissano Lagoon Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Simberi Island New Ireland	Simberi Island New Ireland	Rubio New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Long Long New Ireland	Long Long New Ireland	Rubio New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Simberi Island New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Rubio New Ireland	Nusa New Ireland	Lidos Right Sandaun
Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	8	5	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4

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