Vanimo Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 2.67° S 141.31° E

Issued: 9 pm 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 (25 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with N swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with N swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 12s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Vanimo Reef at 12AM is: 0.6m 12s 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 09:00pm September 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (25 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	12s
Afternoon (25 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	12s
Evening (25 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	12s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 29°C on Sat afternoon, min 25°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thu 24		Friday 25								Saturday 26
	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)	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	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 6	E 5	E 6	E 6	NNW 10
Wave Graph
kJ	89	104	106	106	104	103	103	101	71	70	70	62	39	57	47	49	55	33
Wind (km/h)	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	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	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off
High Tide	6:20PM0.99m				5:41AM1.02m				6:47PM1.03m				6:37AM1.03m					7:14PM1.07m
Low Tide			11:58PM0.56m				12:16PM0.29m				00:43AM0.47m				12:55PM0.33m


	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:29	—	—
mm	—	—	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	—	1	2	2	1	2	1	—	—
Temp °C	27	26	26	26	26	28	28	28	27	26	26	26	25	28	27	29	27	26
Feels °C	30	29	30	30	30	31	31	32	31	30	30	30	28	31	30	32	31	30
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	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	E 6
kJ	89	104	106	106	104	103	103	101	71	70	70	62	39	39	39	38	36	61
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	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	NNW 10
kJ	49	48	35	34	34	34	33	33	31	31	31	22	30	22	21	13	13	33
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	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	N 11	N 11	NE 9
kJ	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	12
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	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 6	E 5	E 6	E 6	—
kJ	25	25	25	25	25	33	45	50	52	56	74	59	61	57	47	49	55	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Edmago New Ireland	Talofofo/The Bay Guam	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Kavieng Rights New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Jailbreak Sandaun	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Edmago New Ireland	Vanimo Reef Sandaun	Pickop's Point Guam	Melekeok (Babelthuap) Palau
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	1045	1820	0	0	0	0	1054	1045	1045	0	0	0	1	0	1045	0	1821	1350
Best forecast wave conditions in Sandaun			Lidos Right	Aitape	Aitape	Lidos Right				Aitape	Lidos Right	Lidos Right	Aitape	Lidos Right		Lidos Right
Rating (10 max)			1	1	1	1				1	1	1	1	1		1
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Rating (10 max)	1		1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	7	4	4	5	5	5	5	9

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