Garbage Heap 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 18.12° N 63.02° W

Issued: 7 am 23 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Garbage Heap sea temperature is

29.7°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Garbage Heap today (23 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 15s period with NNE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Garbage Heap at 4PM is: 0.3m 15s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (23 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Afternoon (23 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	15s
Evening (23 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 28°C on Wed morning, min 28°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 23							Thursday 24								Friday 25
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 8	N 16	NNE 16	NNE 15	NNE 15	NNE 14	NNE 14	NNE 13	NNE 13	NNE 13	NNE 13	NNE 13	NNE 12	NNE 12	ESE 8	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 11	NNE 11	N 11	N 11
Wave Graph
kJ	16	16	20	47	44	71	67	63	59	58	57	56	55	50	49	58	45	44	44	23	41	37	39
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide	4:00AM0.23m					6:02PM0.32m				5:13AM0.26m				6:32PM0.31m				6:22AM0.29m				6:59PM0.29m
Low Tide			10:48AM0.12m					00:34AM0.20m				11:48AM0.14m				00:49AM0.18m				12:48PM0.15m


	6:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:01	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:06	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:06	—	—
mm	1	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Feels °C	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ESE 5	ESE 6	N 10	NNE 14	NNE 13	NNE 13	NNE 13	NNE 13	NNE 13	NNE 12	NNE 12	NNE 12	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 11	NNE 11	N 11	N 11
kJ	16	16	9	10	17	25	32	63	59	58	57	56	55	50	49	48	45	44	44	23	41	37	37
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 8	SE 9	SE 9	NE 8	NNE 15	NNE 14	N 10	N 9	SE 8	N 8	N 8	N 8	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 8	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8
kJ	10	10	12	20	9	71	67	30	28	18	22	21	18	17	16	9	11	12	12	12	10	13	13
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 12	N 12	N 16	NNE 16	NNE 15	NE 8	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	N 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ENE 9	SE 8	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	NE 8	ENE 8
kJ	12	11	20	47	44	10	12	12	19	14	18	18	11	11	11	8	10	9	9	9	4	11	7
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 4	ESE 4	ESE 4	ESE 5	—	—	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 4	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 6	ESE 8	ESE 4	ESE 4	ESE 4	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 6	ESE 6
kJ	13	14	11	13	—	—	25	26	26	24	21	24	19	13	18	58	13	20	18	17	19	29	39
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Dunes Puerto Rico	West End Anegada	West End Anegada	Friars Bay Saint Martin	West End Anegada	La Tortue Saint Barthélemy	La Tortue Saint Barthélemy	La Tortue Saint Barthélemy	La Tortue Saint Barthélemy	La Tortue Saint Barthélemy	La Tortue Saint Barthélemy	Friars Bay Saint Martin	La Tortue Saint Barthélemy	La Tortue Saint Barthélemy	La Tortue Saint Barthélemy	La Tortue Saint Barthélemy	La Tortue Saint Barthélemy	La Tortue Saint Barthélemy	La Tortue Saint Barthélemy	La Tortue Saint Barthélemy	West End Anegada	La Tortue Saint Barthélemy	West End Anegada
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	428	163	163	7	163	32	32	32	32	32	32	7	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	163	32	163
Best forecast wave conditions in Netherlands-Antilles - Saint Martin				Friars Bay								Friars Bay
Rating (10 max)				1								1
Best forecast wave conditions in Netherlands Antilles				Friars Bay Saint Martin								Friars Bay Saint Martin
Rating (10 max)				1								1
Header Global	Stent Road New Zealand	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks New Zealand	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks New Zealand	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) New Zealand	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) New Zealand	Chameau Mauritius	Black Rocks Mauritius	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Pascuales Mexico	Pascuales Mexico	Beach Road South Africa	Dunmoran Strand Ireland	Barra de Guaratiba Brazil	Portballintrae Ireland	Marazion United Kingdom	Inishcrone Ireland	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Black Rocks Ireland	Brims Ness United Kingdom	Alnes Lighthouse Norway	Alnes Lighthouse Norway
Rating (10 max)	7	9	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	9	6	4	5	4	5	5	7	4	4	4	6	5	5

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