Friars Bay surfForecast / Saint Martin / Netherlands Antilles

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 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
27.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Friars Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Friars Bay at 2PM is: 1.6m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)5ft (1.6m)7s
Afternoon (20 Apr)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (20 Apr)5ft (1.5m)8s

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


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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.4
NNE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)7778888888877888888888138
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)30229225926623423421021017617614311711799102998381815864585564
Wind
(km/h)
30
E
35
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
25
E
25
ENE
20
E
20
E
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:41PM
0.41
12:39AM
0.40
1:34AM
0.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:15PM
-0.01
4:08PM
-0.01
5:04PM
0.01
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise-5:52-------5:50-------5:50------
Sunset----6:30-------6:30-------6:30---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C252525252525252525252525252525252424252525252525
Feels °C (?)222223232323232324242526262525242424262525252525
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