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Barrels surfForecast / North / Taiwan

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 13 Jan 2026 CST
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Barrels surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Barrels sea temperature is
21.5° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Barrels today?

The current surf forecast for Barrels at 5AM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Afternoon (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.7
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.5
SE
0.9
E
0.7
SE
0.8
ESE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
Period(s) (?)888778885566868877777888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)166100744841313123234043363356698452515977849198119
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
20
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
0
SE
5
E
5
NE
0
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		onglassglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		glassglassonglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:41AM
0.93
1:50PM
1.24
4:59AM
0.99
2:48PM
1.27
5:40AM
1.06
3:40PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:41PM
0.54
7:04AM
0.88
9:44PM
0.44
8:36AM
0.92
10:31PM
0.34
9:46AM
0.91
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise---6:39-------6:39-------6:39----
Sunset------5:22-------5:22-------5:23-
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161615162020181717171717202019191817161821222018
Feels °C (?)151513141716161616161615171616171616151721222019
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