Friars Bay Surf Forecast

/ Saint Martin (9 surf breaks) /

Netherlands Antilles (9 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Friars Bay surfForecast / Saint Martin / Netherlands Antilles

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 19 Aug 2025 AST

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Friars Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Friars Bay sea temperature is 29.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Friars Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Friars Bay at 7PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 19). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Aug)	2ft (0.6m)	10s
Afternoon (19 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	11s
Evening (19 Aug)	2ft (0.6m)	10s

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

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	Tuesday 19					Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Friday 22
	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	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	7	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	67	136	133	103	107	146	130	149	117	103	101	142	118	122	96	72	71	79	104	245	322	357	467	388
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				6:08PM 0.37								7:01PM 0.36			3:32AM 0.23					7:46PM 0.36				5:10AM 0.24
Low Tide / height (m)	9:34AM 0.00								10:37AM 0.01						2:11AM 0.22			11:37AM 0.03					2:11AM 0.22

	Tuesday 19					Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Friday 22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2
Temp. °C	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27
Feels °C (?)	29	29	30	30	30	29	28	28	28	28	28	26	26	27	27	27	27	28	27	27	27	26	27	27

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Saint Martin

Wind Update The wind is still offshore at Friars Bay (light winds from the ESE at St Maarten Juliana Airport 6 km from Friars Bay). 0.2m 10s swell from the WNW with a 0.1m 14s groundswell from the NNE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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