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Balimbing surfForecast / Sumatra – Mainland / Indonesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 11 Jan 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
29.2° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Balimbing today?

The current surf forecast for Balimbing at 1PM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WIB) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (11 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (11 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
S
0.9
WSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)121111119111091010101010101010999999917
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)156148143143128128120132117117148148117117153188142139142142142139139148
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
25
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:48PM
1.01
12:29AM
0.69
1:39PM
0.99
1:31AM
0.58
2:37PM
0.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:48AM
0.27
7:20PM
0.46
6:14AM
0.32
8:55PM
0.46
6:46AM
0.37
10:42PM
0.41
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wed
14
Sunrise-5:56-------5:56-------5:56------
Sunset----6:22-------6:22-------6:22---
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-------1-1---111211----
Temp. °C262627282827272726262728282727262626272828272727
Feels °C (?)262727282827282726262627282728272727282828272828
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