Bankvaults surfForecast / Mentawi Islands / Indonesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 WIB
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Bankvaults surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Bankvaults sea temperature is
29.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Bankvaults today?

The current surf forecast for Bankvaults at 6AM is: 1.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (WIB) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)15s
Afternoon (17 Sep)6ft (1.9m)15s
Evening (17 Sep)5ft (1.6m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)161515151515141414141414141313131313131216131318
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14291551149117051682150514841187104712419891019829943929929747747623547436347396440
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
SSE
0
SSW
0
SW
0
SSW
0
SE
5
ESE
5
S
5
SW
5
S
5
NNW
5
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NE
5
N
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
glassglassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
glassglassglassoffoffoffoffglassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:23AM
0.94
3:29PM
0.59
3:40AM
0.98
4:30PM
0.71
4:36AM
1.03
5:14PM
0.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:01AM
0.30
8:25PM
0.36
10:50AM
0.23
10:00PM
0.31
11:21AM
0.18
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise---6:13-------6:13-------6:13----
Sunset------6:20-------6:20-------6:20-
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----11---------1-------
Temp. °C262626262727272727272626272728272727262627282827
Feels °C (?)303031303131313131323030313032313131302930323230
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Mentawi Islands

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Bankvaults (calm at MiaPadang 165 km from Bankvaults). 1.3m 15s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.5m 7s swell from the S and a 0.3m 7s swell from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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