Vanimo Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 2.67° S 141.31° E

Issued: 9 am 23 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 (23 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 11s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Vanimo Reef at 6PM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a North direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (23 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	12s
Afternoon (23 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	12s
Evening (23 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 37mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Warm (max 29°C on Thu morning, min 24°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 23						Thursday 24								Friday 25
	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	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 11	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
Wave Graph
kJ	89	89	87	84	114	114	108	110	85	85	85	86	89	104	106	106	104	103	103	101	71	70
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	E	ENE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide					5:52PM0.96m				4:44AM1.01m				6:20PM0.99m				5:41AM1.02m				6:47PM1.03m
Low Tide			10:55AM0.26m				11:11PM0.65m				11:37AM0.27m				11:58PM0.56m				12:16PM0.29m


	6:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:30	—	—
mm	1	3	2	1	—	—	1	1	2	2	1	1	—	—	1	2	4	5	3	2	1	1
Temp °C	25	27	27	28	27	26	25	25	24	27	29	28	27	26	26	25	26	27	27	28	27	26
Feels °C	28	30	30	31	31	30	29	29	27	30	32	31	31	30	30	28	30	30	30	31	30	30
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 11	N 11	NE 12	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 12	N 12	N 12	E 6	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 12
kJ	87	84	87	82	114	114	108	110	85	85	85	86	89	104	106	106	44	103	103	101	71	70
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 12	NE 12	N 11	NE 12	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	N 12	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 9	NE 9
kJ	89	89	82	84	75	75	73	73	72	71	67	50	49	48	35	34	104	34	33	33	31	31
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 8	NW 7	N 13	N 13	NW 7	E 13	E 13	E 13	—	N 7	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	NE 10	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 11
kJ	2	2	29	29	2	3	3	3	—	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	34	3	3	3	3	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	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 5	E 5	E 6	—	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6
kJ	44	37	41	45	37	30	29	29	29	38	29	29	28	28	36	39	—	51	50	47	53	66
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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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1045	1045	1045	0	0	0	0	0	0	1054	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1				1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	6	5	5	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	7	9	6

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