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Flies surfForecast / Sumbawa / Indonesia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 16 Dec 2025 WITAForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Flies surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Flies sea temperature is
29.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Flies today?
The current surf forecast for Flies at 7AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am December 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.
| Time (WITA) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Dec) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (16 Dec) | 2ft (0.6m) | 11s |
| Evening (16 Dec) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 18s |
Table - waves today at Flies. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 140 | 140 | 95 | 95 | 105 | 107 | 69 | 81 | 80 | 81 | 80 | 71 | 103 | 103 | 103 | 103 | 127 | 169 | 154 | 113 | 116 | 212 | 204 | 193 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | glass | glass | glass | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross | cross- off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 10:03AM 0.98 | 8:16PM 1.55 | 10:53AM 1.01 | 8:47PM 1.59 | 11:32AM 1.02 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 3:30AM 0.40 | 1:31PM 0.89 | 4:03AM 0.28 | 2:14PM 0.92 | 4:35AM 0.18 | 2:53PM 0.93 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | 5:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:48 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:28 | - |
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Rain (mm) | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Temp. °C | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 27 |
| Feels °C (?) | 29 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 |
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