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Balimbing surfForecast / Sumatra – Mainland / Indonesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 20 Apr 2026 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
29.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Balimbing today?

The current surf forecast for Balimbing at 5PM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (WIB) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Afternoon (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (20 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
3
3
4
4
4
3
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.5
S
1.5
S
1
SSW
1.4
S
1.2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
Period(s) (?)161515151514141413131313131319131818171616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3062792754434435945695375145064994917717597166438322384197817521730188919431818
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
20
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
15
E
20
ESE
25
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
NE
10
N
15
NW
20
W
25
W
20
W
15
W
10
W
5
W
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:33AM
1.43
9:14PM
0.83
9:16AM
1.40
9:59PM
0.77
10:02AM
1.33
10:49PM
0.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:22PM
-0.04
2:35AM
0.15
4:09PM
0.01
3:14AM
0.19
5:01PM
0.09
3:58AM
0.26
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise-------6:01-------6:01-------6:01
Sunset--5:59-------5:59-------5:58-----
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
---11------11211------11
Temp. °C282929282827272728292928282727262829292828272727
Feels °C (?)303029292929303030302930313031293030303031313131
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