Efate Surf

Efate Surf Forecast

Detailed Efate surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Efate. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Efate. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Efate over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Efate and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Efate Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Efate Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Efate coastline are also listed below.

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	Thu	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Efate	Hopscotch Efate	No Boats Efate	No Boats Efate	Bobs Efate	Bobs Efate	White Cows Efate	Forari Mine Lefts and Rights Efate	Black Sands Beach Efate	Black Sands Beach Efate	Black Sands Beach Efate	Black Sands Beach Efate	Black Sands Beach Efate	Black Sands Beach Efate	Black Sands Beach Efate	Black Sands Beach Efate	Black Sands Beach Efate	Black Sands Beach Efate	Black Sands Beach Efate	Black Sands Beach Efate	Black Sands Beach Efate	Black Sands Beach Efate	Black Sands Beach Efate
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.0 S	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	0.4 ESE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	5	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	201	117	120	72	64	217	142	104	77	117	112	139	224	309	434	249	459	530	418	266	248	69
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	9:01PM 1.02	7:56AM 1.08		9:50PM 1.03	8:30AM 1.06		10:14PM 1.12	9:29AM 0.96		11:36PM 1.06	10:39AM 0.91		12:17AM 1.11	11:58AM 0.89		12:57AM 1.16	1:17PM 0.90		1:38AM 1.21		2:29PM 0.94	2:20AM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)	2:07AM 0.70		3:04PM 0.19	3:01AM 0.72		3:14PM 0.41	3:26AM 0.84		4:24PM 0.30		5:28AM 0.66	5:11PM 0.35		6:35AM 0.57	6:03PM 0.39		7:33AM 0.46	6:58PM 0.44		8:25AM 0.33	7:56PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	3	-	2	-	1	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
High °C	26	28	28	26	28	28	26	25	25	24	24	24	24	25	25	24	25	24	24	25	25	24
Low °C	25	26	27	25	26	27	24	24	24	23	23	24	23	24	24	23	24	24	23	24	24	24
Chill °C (?)	26	28	28	26	28	28	26	25	25	24	24	24	24	25	25	24	25	24	24	25	25	24
Sunrise	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:19	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	5	7	7	12	12	19	18	8	8	10	9	8	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.2 S	0.1 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	0.1 W	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 NE	0.2 S	0.5 NE
Period (s)	9	8	9	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	7	11	11	10	16	12	19	17	9	15	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.2 E	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	-	3	3	-	3	-	-	6	5	6	6	6	6	7	8	5	9	9	9	9	9	4

	Thu		Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Efate	Black Sands Beach Efate	Black Sands Beach Efate	Hopscotch Efate	Hopscotch Efate	Bobs Efate	No Boats Efate	No Boats Efate	No Boats Efate	Bobs Efate	Bobs Efate	Bobs Efate	Bobs Efate	Bobs Efate	Bobs Efate	Bobs Efate	White Cows Efate	White Cows Efate	Bobs Efate	Forari Mine Lefts and Rights Efate	Mangea Reefs (The Channel Island) Efate	Black Sands Beach Efate	Black Sands Beach Efate
Rating	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.4 S	1.2 S
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	5	6
Energy	27	26	201	171	149	117	118	120	105	80	72	53	67	64	63	217	205	70	142	120	121	104
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	on
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:17PM 0.97			7:43AM 1.11					9:50PM 1.03				8:30AM 1.06				10:38PM 1.06				9:29AM 0.96
Low Tide / height (m)				2:07AM 0.70				3:04PM 0.19				3:01AM 0.72				3:14PM 0.41				3:54AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	2	2	-	1	2	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	25	25	26	26	26	28	28	27	26	26	25	25	26	28	28	27	26	25	25	24	24	25
Chill °C (?)	25	25	26	26	26	28	28	27	26	26	25	25	26	28	28	27	26	25	25	24	24	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 W	0.3 NE
Period (s)	4	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	3	3	-	6	7	3	3	3	6	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	5	6

	Thursday 04	Friday 05
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Efate	Black Sands Beach Efate	Black Sands Beach Efate	Black Sands Beach Efate	Black Sands Beach Efate	Black Sands Beach Efate	Black Sands Beach Efate	Black Sands Beach Efate	No Boats Efate	Hopscotch Efate	Hopscotch Efate	No Boats Efate	Hopscotch Efate	Hopscotch Efate	Hopscotch Efate	Bobs Efate	No Boats Efate	No Boats Efate	No Boats Efate	No Boats Efate	No Boats Efate	No Boats Efate	No Boats Efate
Rating	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	27	27	27	27	26	26	22	202	201	171	171	171	171	150	149	142	142	117	117	118	118	118
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)					9:17PM 0.97										7:43AM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)										2:07AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	25	26	26	26	26	27	27	28	28	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	25	26	26	26	26	27	27	28	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 S	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 S	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	8	4	4	4	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	6	6	7	7	7	3	3	3	3	3	3