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Balimbing surfForecast / Sumatra – Mainland / Indonesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 18 Feb 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
29.1° 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: 2.0m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.7m 8s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (WIB) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Afternoon (18 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Evening (18 Feb)3ft (0.9m)16s

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

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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
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)
0
0
3
4
1
0
0
2
1
2
3
4
1
0
0
1
3
1
3
3
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
W
1.9
W
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.5
W
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)8888818181716161616161515141515141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)475453520449280322510528380366540783654696405400669669594553453529460474
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
N
10
NNW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NE
10
NE
5
WSW
5
W
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		offoffglasscross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:22PM
1.19
8:05AM
0.93
7:56PM
1.20
8:32AM
1.04
8:29PM
1.18
9:01AM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:01AM
0.10
1:40PM
0.26
2:23AM
0.08
2:20PM
0.21
2:47AM
0.07
3:00PM
0.17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
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Sunset------6:23-------6:22-------6:22-
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Rain (mm)
2-32--121-1---12111----2
Temp. °C272726272829292727272626272828272626252526272827
Feels °C (?)262727292929302828282829292929282828272829313230
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