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Balimbing surfForecast / Sumatra – Mainland / Indonesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 09 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
28.9° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Balimbing today?

The current surf forecast for Balimbing at 6AM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WIB) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (09 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (09 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.7
W
1.6
W
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.3
W
1.3
W
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)14141414131313131313121212121267121277111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)50849446044743442742142141434129228823323323023922916115714814814312897
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
20
W
20
W
25
WNW
30
NW
20
NW
15
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:27PM
1.09
11:21AM
1.01
11:06PM
0.95
12:04PM
1.02
11:45PM
0.82
12:48PM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:54AM
0.14
5:13PM
0.38
5:22AM
0.20
6:10PM
0.43
5:48AM
0.27
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise---5:54-------5:54-------5:56----
Sunset------6:21-------6:22-------6:22-
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thunderstorm
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heavy rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
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clear
Rain (mm)
-332-2211-12717184--1-----
Temp. °C282727272728272726262526242424242526262627272727
Feels °C (?)292828282729272725252528242424232526262526272728
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