Vanimo Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 2.67° S 141.31° E

Issued: 3 pm 22 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):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Vanimo Reef at 12AM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (23 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (23 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	5s
Evening (23 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 30mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 28°C on Wed morning, min 25°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tue 22				Wednesday 23								Thursday 24
	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	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 5	E 5	E 6	E 6	N 11	NE 12	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
Wave Graph
kJ	41	45	50	64	60	89	89	89	87	84	114	114	108	112	85	85	85	86	89	104
Wind (km/h)	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	E	E	E	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	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			5:20PM0.93m			3:42AM1.00m					5:52PM0.96m				4:44AM1.01m				6:20PM0.99m
Low Tide	10:07AM0.26m				10:16PM0.71m				10:55AM0.26m				11:11PM0.65m				11:37AM0.27m


	—	—	—	—	—	6:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:30	—	—
mm	4	2	—	—	—	—	1	3	2	1	—	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	—	—
Temp °C	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	27	28	28	27	26	26	25	25	27	27	28	27	26
Feels °C	30	30	29	29	30	28	28	30	31	31	31	30	30	29	29	31	31	32	31	29
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 11	NE 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	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
kJ	20	43	37	58	58	89	87	84	87	82	114	114	108	112	85	85	85	86	89	104
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 12	N 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 12	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
kJ	25	23	43	41	60	86	89	89	82	84	75	75	73	73	72	71	67	50	49	48
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 9	N 9	N 13	NE 13	N 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 7	N 13	N 13	NW 7	E 13	E 13	E 13	NE 11	N 7	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12
kJ	15	16	13	27	1	3	2	2	29	29	2	3	3	3	73	1	3	3	3	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 5	E 5	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 5	E 5	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5
kJ	41	45	50	64	53	55	53	43	56	62	52	54	54	55	55	48	34	36	28	28
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	1045	1045	0	0	0	0	0	1045	1045	1045	0	0	0	0	0	1045	1045	1045	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Sandaun	Lidos Right			Aitape	Aitape	Lidos Right	Aitape	Aitape				Lidos Right	Sissano Lagoon	Sissano Lagoon	Lidos Right	Lidos Right				Aitape
Rating (10 max)	1			1	1	2	2	2				2	2	2	2	2				1
Best forecast wave conditions in Papua New Guinea	Nago New Ireland	Long Long New Ireland	Long Long New Ireland	Long Long New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Lidos Right Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Aitape Sandaun	Nago New Ireland	Nusa New Ireland	Nusa New Ireland	Lidos Right Sandaun	Sissano Lagoon Sandaun	Sissano Lagoon Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Nusa New Ireland	Nusa New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Nago New Ireland
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	9	5	5	4	4

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