White Cows surfForecast / Efate / Vanuatu

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 17 Apr 2026 +11
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White Cows surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's White Cows sea temperature is
29.4° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at White Cows today?

The current surf forecast for White Cows at 1AM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)5ft (1.5m)7s
Afternoon (18 Apr)5ft (1.5m)7s
Evening (18 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)7s

Table - waves today at White Cows. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)7777777777777713131312121212161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2372272122062062362142141921661381179794848212893927169817673
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
25
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
W
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:02PM
1.39
5:08AM
1.55
5:50PM
1.37
5:46AM
1.55
6:43PM
1.32
6:28AM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:57PM
0.37
11:36AM
0.19
11:37PM
0.44
12:23PM
0.16
12:21AM
0.52
1:15PM
0.17
Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise----5:54-------5:54-------5:56---
Sunset-------5:35-------5:34-------5:32
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
--1212311121--11-----121
Temp. °C272726262727272626262626262828272626262627272726
Feels °C (?)272727272828292829292930303030292828282830292927
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