Vanimo Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 2.67° S 141.31° E

Issued: 3 am 10 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Vanimo Reef sea temperature is

29.3°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 (10 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 18s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 17s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 14s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Vanimo Reef at 7AM is: 0.7m 18s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am October 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (+10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	18s
Afternoon (10 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	17s
Evening (10 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 30°C on Sun morning, min 25°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Saturday 10								Sunday 11								Monday 12
	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	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 19	NE 19	NE 18	NE 18	NE 17	NE 16	NE 16	NE 14	NE 15	NE 15	NE 14	NE 14	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 11	NE 11	N 11	N 11
Wave Graph
kJ	296	350	311	255	423	314	310	224	360	355	350	285	246	246	168	163	144	141	116	87	79	76	62	86
Wind (km/h)	SE	ESE	SE	ESE	E	ENE	E	E	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE	ESE	E	ENE	E	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	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	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off
High Tide			6:56AM1.01m				6:57PM1.12m					7:53AM1.01m				7:26PM1.13m				8:45AM1.01m				7:55PM1.13m
Low Tide	00:48AM0.34m				12:48PM0.42m					1:31AM0.25m				1:28PM0.50m				2:12AM0.19m				2:07PM0.57m


	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:25	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	26	26	25	28	28	28	27	26	26	26	25	28	30	29	27	26	25	25	25	29	30	29	26	26
Feels °C	31	30	28	31	31	30	31	30	30	30	28	31	32	31	31	29	28	29	28	30	31	31	29	30
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 11	NE 17	NE 16	NE 16	NE 14	NE 15	NE 15	NE 14	NE 14	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 11	N 11	N 11	N 11
kJ	172	169	166	121	423	314	310	224	360	355	350	285	246	246	168	163	144	141	116	87	79	63	62	86
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 19	NE 19	NE 18	NE 15	N 11	N 11	N 11	NE 16	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 12	N 12	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11
kJ	296	350	311	178	116	114	84	208	82	81	81	55	54	54	54	35	53	33	33	69	68	76	42	42
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 10	NE 15	NE 15	NE 18	NE 10	NE 13	NE 13	N 11	NW 11	NW 11	NNW 10	NNW 10	NNW 10	NNW 10	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9	NNW 9
kJ	41	106	104	255	25	88	87	82	5	5	11	10	10	10	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	ENE 10	ESE 3	E 4	E 4	E 4	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 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5
kJ	—	—	62	3	6	10	17	22	22	16	15	13	22	34	30	33	34	33	40	32	33	43	40	46
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	1045	1045	1045	0	0	0	0	0	1045	1045	126	0	0	0	0	1	1045	1045	1045	0
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3				3	2	2	2	2			2	2	2	2	2	1				2
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	6	5	7	9	9	9	8	8	4	5	6	6	5	5	6	5	5

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