Port Vila, Vanuatu

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Port Vila aerial — Port Vila, the nearest town, 5 km away. Photo: Phillip Capper from Wellington, New Zealand, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Port Vila

Port Vila is a town in Shefa, Vanuatu. From Port Vila you can reach 11 surf spots and 8 dive sites, 2 of the surf spots more than 20 km away. The nearest is Star of Russia Wreck, a dive site 2.5 km from the centre. Overture lists 53 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is VLI, 5 km away.

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Staying in Port Vila

53 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
Nearest airports: VLI, 5 km, TAH, 213 km, SON, 275 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Port Vila. Spots further out are listed below.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for intermediate surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. The best of the spots that stay in Port Vila each day wears a ★ Best badge, only on a Good day. 3 spots stay in another town: within your drive, they count for Port Vila too.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Expert

Spot

Sun 18

Mon 19

Tue 20

Wed 21

Thu 22

Fri 23

Sat 24

Efate - Pounders7.2 kmabout 15 min by car

4 ft138 kJ

4 ft156 kJ

4 ft157 kJ

4 ft148 kJ

4 ft176 kJ

5 ft183 kJ

4 ft164 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Efate - Pounders, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	26, poor	4 ft7 smushy	138kJ	wind from the south-east, 18 knots	24°C
Mon 19Oct	27, poor	4 ft8 smushy	156kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 16 knots	25°C
Tue 20Oct	26, poor	4 ft8 smushy	157kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 16 knots	25°C
Wed 21Oct	24, poor	4 ft8 smushy	148kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 16 knots	24°C
Thu 22Oct	33, poor	4 ft8 smushy	176kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 14 knots	25°C
Fri 23Oct	29, poor	5 ft7 smushy	183kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 12 knots	26°C
Sat 24Oct	30, poor	4 ft7 smushy	164kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 15 knots	26°C

Resorts4.8 kmabout 10 min by car

4 ft153 kJ

4 ft152 kJ

4 ft204 kJ

4 ft158 kJ

4 ft215 kJ

5 ft196 kJ

4 ft172 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Resorts, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	16, poor	4 ft7 smushy	153kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 14 knots	25°C
Mon 19Oct	15, too small	4 ft8 smushy	152kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 12 knots	25°C
Tue 20Oct	18, poor	4 ft8 smushy	204kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 13 knots	26°C
Wed 21Oct	14, too small	4 ft8 smushy	158kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 13 knots	25°C
Thu 22Oct	33, poor	4 ft8 smushy	215kJ	wind from the east, 12 knots	27°C
Fri 23Oct	25, poor	5 ft7 smushy	196kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 10 knots	27°C
Sat 24Oct	30, poor	4 ft7 smushy	172kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 12 knots	27°C

Efate - Breakas4.6 kmabout 10 min by car

4 ft153 kJ

4 ft152 kJ

5 ft255 kJ

4 ft146 kJ

5 ft213 kJ

5 ft196 kJ

5 ft199 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Efate - Breakas, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	12, too small	4 ft7 smushy	153kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 14 knots	25°C
Mon 19Oct	17, too small	4 ft8 smushy	152kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 12 knots	25°C
Tue 20Oct	15, poor	5 ft8 smushy	255kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 14 knots	26°C
Wed 21Oct	20, too small	4 ft8 smushy	146kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 13 knots	25°C
Thu 22Oct	29, poor	5 ft7 smushy	213kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 12 knots	27°C
Fri 23Oct	29, poor	5 ft7 smushy	196kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 10 knots	27°C
Sat 24Oct	27, poor	5 ft7 smushy	199kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 13 knots	27°C

Efate - Devils Point14.2 kmabout 25 min by car

4 ft136 kJ

4 ft154 kJ

4 ft174 kJ

4 ft131 kJ

4 ft138 kJ

4 ft134 kJ

4 ft136 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Efate - Devils Point, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	25, poor	4 ft7 shollow	136kJ	wind from the south-east, 22 knots	24°C
Mon 19Oct	27, poor	4 ft8 shollow	154kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 21 knots	24°C
Tue 20Oct	27, poor	4 ft8 shollow	174kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 19 knots	25°C
Wed 21Oct	26, poor	4 ft7 shollow	131kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 19 knots	24°C
Thu 22Oct	26, poor	4 ft7 shollow	138kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 16 knots	25°C
Fri 23Oct	23, poor	4 ft7 shollow	134kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 14 knots	25°C
Sat 24Oct	23, poor	4 ft7 shollow	136kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 17 knots	26°C

Efate - Tapi Point7.3 kmabout 15 min by car

4 ft102 kJ

4 ft152 kJ

4 ft155 kJ

4 ft146 kJ

4 ft202 kJ

4 ft175 kJ

4 ft172 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Efate - Tapi Point, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	19, poor	4 ft7 s	102kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 21 knots	24°C
Mon 19Oct	27, poor	4 ft8 s	152kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 18 knots	24°C
Tue 20Oct	24, poor	4 ft8 s	155kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 18 knots	25°C
Wed 21Oct	25, poor	4 ft8 s	146kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 19 knots	24°C
Thu 22Oct	25, poor	4 ft8 s	202kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 17 knots	25°C
Fri 23Oct	24, poor	4 ft7 s	175kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 16 knots	25°C
Sat 24Oct	23, poor	4 ft7 s	172kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 17 knots	25°C

Efate - Soumabal Point19.7 kmabout 35 min by carStays in Erakor, 18 km

4 ft115 kJ

4 ft158 kJ

4 ft183 kJ

4 ft190 kJ

5 ft267 kJ

4 ft172 kJ

5 ft230 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Efate - Soumabal Point, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	15, poor	4 ft7 smushy	115kJ	wind from the south-east, 18 knots	24°C
Mon 19Oct	15, poor	4 ft8 smushy	158kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 19 knots	24°C
Tue 20Oct	7, poor	4 ft8 smushy	183kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 16 knots	25°C
Wed 21Oct	13, poor	4 ft8 smushy	190kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 19 knots	24°C
Thu 22Oct	6, poor	5 ft7 smushy	267kJ	wind from the east, 15 knots	25°C
Fri 23Oct	13, poor	4 ft8 smushy	172kJ	wind from the east, 16 knots	25°C
Sat 24Oct	13, poor	5 ft7 shollow	230kJ	wind from the east, 17 knots	25°C

Efate - Black Sand Beach4.6 kmabout 10 min by carNeeds 5 ft+

5 ft165 kJ

4 ft167 kJ

4 ft201 kJ

4 ft155 kJ

4 ft141 kJ

4 ft133 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Efate - Black Sand Beach, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	21, too small	5 ft7 shollow	165kJ	wind from the south-east, 11 knots	26°C
Mon 19Oct	21, too small	4 ft7 shollow	167kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 10 knots	26°C
Tue 20Oct	22, too small	4 ft8 shollow	201kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 10 knots	27°C
Wed 21Oct	19, too small	4 ft7 shollow	155kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 9 knots	25°C
Thu 22Oct	17, too small	4 ft7 shollow	141kJ	wind from the east, 9 knots	26°C
Fri 23Oct	16, too small	4 ft7 shollow	133kJ	wind from the east, 8 knots	28°C
Sat 24Oct	17, too small	4 ft7 shollow	133kJ	wind from the east, 10 knots, offshore	28°C

Efate - Erakor Reef4.7 kmabout 10 min by carStays in Erakor, 1 kmNeeds 5 ft+

5 ft162 kJ

4 ft156 kJ

5 ft226 kJ

4 ft148 kJ

4 ft183 kJ

5 ft183 kJ

4 ft177 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Efate - Erakor Reef, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	16, too small	5 ft7 smushy	162kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 14 knots	25°C
Mon 19Oct	13, too small	4 ft8 smushy	156kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 12 knots	25°C
Tue 20Oct	17, too small	5 ft7 smushy	226kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 13 knots	26°C
Wed 21Oct	12, too small	4 ft8 smushy	148kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 13 knots	25°C
Thu 22Oct	16, too small	4 ft8 smushy	183kJ	wind from the east, 12 knots	27°C
Fri 23Oct	16, too small	5 ft7 smushy	183kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 10 knots	27°C
Sat 24Oct	16, too small	4 ft7 smushy	177kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 12 knots	27°C

Efate - Teouma Bay9.1 kmabout 20 min by carNeeds 5 ft+

4 ft153 kJ

4 ft152 kJ

5 ft245 kJ

4 ft158 kJ

5 ft213 kJ

5 ft196 kJ

4 ft185 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Efate - Teouma Bay, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	12, too small	4 ft7 shollow	153kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 17 knots	24°C
Mon 19Oct	10, too small	4 ft8 shollow	152kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 16 knots	24°C
Tue 20Oct	14, too small	5 ft7 shollow	245kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 15 knots	25°C
Wed 21Oct	9, too small	4 ft8 shollow	158kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 16 knots	24°C
Thu 22Oct	13, too small	5 ft7 shollow	213kJ	wind from the east, 16 knots	25°C
Fri 23Oct	13, too small	5 ft7 shollow	196kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 14 knots	25°C
Sat 24Oct	13, too small	4 ft7 shollow	185kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 15 knots	25°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Port Vila, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Further out

These spots are more than 20 km from Port Vila. It is the nearest town with beds, so they stay here.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.

Spot

Sun 18

Mon 19

Tue 20

Wed 21

Thu 22

Fri 23

Sat 24

Efate - Mangea Reefs27.1 kmabout 50 min by car

3 ft62 kJ

3 ft109 kJ

4 ft179 kJ

4 ft141 kJ

4 ft164 kJ

4 ft67 kJ

4 ft141 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Efate - Mangea Reefs, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	8, too small	3 ft7 smushy	62kJ	wind from the south-east, 14 knots	25°C
Mon 19Oct	17, poor	3 ft8 smushy	109kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 13 knots	25°C
Tue 20Oct	21, poor	4 ft7 smushy	179kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 13 knots	25°C
Wed 21Oct	22, poor	4 ft7 smushy	141kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 13 knots	24°C
Thu 22Oct	25, poor	4 ft7 smushy	164kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 13 knots	26°C
Fri 23Oct	27, poor	4 ft5 smushy	67kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 11 knots	27°C
Sat 24Oct	22, poor	4 ft7 smushy	141kJ	wind from the east, 13 knots	26°C

Efate - Epao25.1 kmabout 45 min by car

5 ft188 kJ

4 ft216 kJ

5 ft312 kJ

7 ft430 kJ

6 ft330 kJ

6 ft267 kJ

5 ft233 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Efate - Epao, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	10, poor	5 ft7 smushy	188kJ	wind from the south-east, 15 knots	24°C
Mon 19Oct	12, poor	4 ft8 smushy	216kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 14 knots	24°C
Tue 20Oct	4, poor	5 ft8 smushy	312kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 14 knots	24°C
Wed 21Oct	0, too big	7 ft7 smushy	430kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 13 knots	24°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	6 ft7 smushy	330kJ	wind from the east, 13 knots	24°C
Fri 23Oct	5, poor	6 ft7 smushy	267kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 12 knots	25°C
Sat 24Oct	5, poor	5 ft7 smushy	233kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 12 knots	25°C

Dive near Port Vila

Star of Russia Wreck 2.5 km · stays here
Honeybone Drift 3.9 km · stays here
Konanda 5 km · stays here
Hideaway Island Reef 7.3 km · stays here
Ollies Lolly 7.4 km · stays here
Cathedral Cave 7.6 km · stays here
Hat Island East 21.6 km · stays here
Paul's Rock 27 km · stays here

Places to eat near Port Vila

Brewery Bar and RestaurantBar and grill · 0.1 km from the centre
Jills CafeAmerican · 0.3 km from the centre
Waterfront Bar & GrillSeafood · 0.3 km from the centre
Ristorante Casa MiaItalian · 0.7 km from the centre
Retreat Seaside Resort, Bar & RestaurantBar and grill · 0.9 km from the centre
Port Vila Burger CoBurger · 1.0 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits