Balimbing surfForecast / Sumatra – Mainland / Indonesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 17 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 normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Balimbing today?

The current surf forecast for Balimbing at 3AM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 17). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (WIB) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Afternoon (18 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
3
3
1
2
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161515151414141413121312181817161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)259291288348322411222273487384218245196257241154154154175264264261306279
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
20
E
15
E
15
ENE
20
E
20
ESE
20
SE
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:09PM
0.96
7:16AM
1.34
7:51PM
0.93
7:53AM
1.41
8:32PM
0.89
8:33AM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:50AM
0.17
1:54PM
0.00
1:23AM
0.15
2:38PM
-0.04
1:58AM
0.14
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise-----6:01-------6:01-------6:01--
Sunset6:00-------6:00-------5:59-------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------1---21-1--131--
Temp. °C292828282827292929282827272728292928282727272828
Feels °C (?)303030303130303031313029303030313231323031313332
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