Balimbing surfForecast / Sumatra – Mainland / Indonesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 18 Oct 2025 WIB
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Balimbing surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Balimbing sea temperature is
29.5° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Balimbing today?

The current surf forecast for Balimbing at 11AM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WIB) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Afternoon (18 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (18 Oct)4ft (1.2m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
2
2
0
0
1
1
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)141413131313131313131313121212121212141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)811671642632560560501501494424418411358301292244244225630692722690669993
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
5
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
5
S
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
glassglassglassononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:47AM
0.90
5:34PM
0.94
5:39AM
0.91
6:05PM
1.05
6:21AM
0.92
6:33PM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:19AM
0.29
11:49PM
0.34
11:50AM
0.28
12:30AM
0.26
12:16PM
0.27
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise-5:39-------5:39-------5:39------
Sunset----5:53-------5:53-------5:53---
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
2-21111111----1211-1--21
Temp. °C272728282828272727272828292828272627272828272727
Feels °C (?)293032313031303031323231313232313032313131303131
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Sumatra - Mainland

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Balimbing (calm at TanjungKarangRadinInten II 115 km from Balimbing). 1.6m 7s swell from the SSE with a 1.2m 7s swell, also from the SSE and a 0.9m 13s groundswell, also from the SW as well as a 0.4m 13s groundswell, also from the SSE. 4 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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