Vanimo Reef Surf Forecast

/ Sandaun (9 surf breaks) /

Papua New Guinea (28 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Vanimo Reef surfForecast / Sandaun / Papua New Guinea

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 +10

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

Vanimo Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Vanimo Reef sea temperature is 29.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Vanimo Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Vanimo Reef at 2PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s
Evening (16 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	13s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

12 Days Hourly

Print Table

	Tuesday 16						Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri 19
	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	1 AM	4 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	NNE	NNE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	5	13	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	12	6	6	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	109	66	95	95	98	80	82	84	94	50	111	126	125	132	116	95	88	69	89	60	77	108	107	110
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SE	ENE	ENE	E	E	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	SE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	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
High Tide / height (m)					4:16PM 0.94			2:04AM 1.09					5:13PM 0.96			3:17AM 1.07					5:56PM 0.98
Low Tide / height (m)		8:43AM 0.11				8:33PM 0.79				9:47AM 0.13				9:51PM 0.76					10:45AM 0.15				10:58PM 0.70

	Tuesday 16						Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri 19
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Temp. °C	25	28	29	29	27	27	26	26	25	29	30	29	27	26	26	25	25	28	29	28	27	26	25	25
Feels °C (?)	29	31	31	31	30	31	30	30	28	31	32	31	30	29	30	29	28	30	30	30	31	30	29	28

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Sandaun

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Vanimo Reef (light winds from the SSE at SHIP7889 295 km from Vanimo Reef). 0.3m 9s swell from the NNE to make surfable waves.
1 hour 50 minutes ago Vanimo Reef

Expand

View all

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Vanimo Reef surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.