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Benkunqut surfForecast / Sumatra – Mainland / Indonesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 12 Mar 2026 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
28.7° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Benkunqut today?

The current surf forecast for Benkunqut at 9AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (WIB) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (12 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (12 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s

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

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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
1
2
1
1
2
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121211111111111111111022222120202019181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)469461461429361343331325303303286281326313447536584640807790758883986835
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
W
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
W
5
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		glassononglassglasscrosscrossglassglassglassglassglassglasscrosscrossglassonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:12PM
0.90
12:25AM
0.47
1:30PM
0.85
3:16PM
0.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:38AM
0.34
7:54PM
0.42
4:57AM
0.40
10:51PM
0.39
11:34PM
0.33
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise-6:07-------6:07-------6:07------
Sunset----6:16-------6:15-------6:15---
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
2--11-------1-----------
Temp. °C252528282827262625252829282726262525282928272625
Feels °C (?)292931313131303029293232303131302929323231313028
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