Benkunqut surfForecast / Sumatra – Mainland / Indonesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 18 Oct 2025 WIB
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Benkunqut surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Benkunqut sea temperature is
29.4° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Benkunqut today?

The current surf forecast for Benkunqut at 4AM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.2m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.5m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (WIB) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Afternoon (18 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (18 Oct)4ft (1.2m)13s

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

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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141313131313131313131312121212121214141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1016902877671642632560560501501494424418405358353341287287292638692733700
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
E
5
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
E
5
ENE
5
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
ESE
0
NE
0
NE
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassglasscrosscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:40AM
0.88
5:27PM
0.92
5:32AM
0.89
5:58PM
1.02
6:13AM
0.89
6:26PM
1.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:48PM
0.42
11:12AM
0.28
11:42PM
0.33
11:43AM
0.26
12:23AM
0.25
12:09PM
0.25
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise---5:41-------5:39-------5:39----
Sunset------5:54-------5:54-------5:54-
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
321--122222----131111111
Temp. °C272626262929282726262526282929272626262628282827
Feels °C (?)302929303332323130302930323233313131313132323231
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Sumatra - Mainland

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Benkunqut (calm at TanjungKarangRadinInten II 114 km from Benkunqut). 1.8m 7s swell from the SSE with a 1.4m 11s groundswell from the S and a 1.3m 12s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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