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 7 am Thursday 18 Sep 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 29.8° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Friars Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Friars Bay at 1PM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	8s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	8s
Evening (18 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s

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

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	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
	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	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	9	9	13	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	237	196	196	168	155	159	167	235	230	220	216	68	373	394	401	387	352	316	292	240	214	176	168	138
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	NNE	ENE	ENE	E	E	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	3:27AM 0.23					6:18PM 0.33			4:49AM 0.25					6:54PM 0.32				6:06AM 0.27				7:24PM 0.30
Low Tide / height (m)			10:36AM 0.07					12:36AM 0.21				11:39AM 0.10				12:55AM 0.19				12:38PM 0.12				1:17AM 0.18

	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
Sunrise	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	6	8	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	28	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Feels °C (?)	27	29	29	30	29	28	28	29	29	30	30	31	31	31	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Saint Martin

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Friars Bay (light winds from the E.(Wind varies from 070 to 130 degs) at St Maarten Juliana Airport 6 km from Friars Bay). 0.9m 8s swell from the ENE with a 0.3m 10s swell from the NNE and a 0.2m 8s swell from the NW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 19 minutes ago Friars Bay

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