Vanimo Reef surfForecast / Sandaun / Papua New Guinea

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 26 Mar 2026 +10
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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
29.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Vanimo Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Vanimo Reef at 3PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (+10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Afternoon (26 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (26 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NE
1
NE
1
NE
0.9
NNE
1
NE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
Period(s) (?)11111010101010101010910101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)268220212178200178171168164157125131115115108929692929292777780
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
W
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
0
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
0
WSW
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
5
NW
5
W
5
W
5
SW
5
WSW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NW
15
W
10
W
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossoffoffglassglassglassglasscross-
off
glassononcross-
on
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:17PM
1.11
3:32AM
0.95
1:26PM
1.08
4:31AM
0.97
2:44PM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:43AM
0.78
8:01PM
0.11
8:00AM
0.78
9:07PM
0.14
9:22AM
0.74
10:08PM
0.17
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
Sunrise6:37-------6:37-------6:37-------
Sunset---6:43-------6:43-------6:42----
mod rain
thunderstorm
heavy rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
927191-------11232112111-3
Temp. °C252424242525242424282828262625252527282926262625
Feels °C (?)282727272930282827323131303129292931323228293028
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