Garbage Heap 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 18.12° N 63.02° W

Issued: 7 am 28 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Garbage Heap sea temperature is

30.0°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 (28 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with N swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Garbage Heap at 10AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	12s
Afternoon (28 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	8s
Evening (28 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Wed morning, min 28°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 28							Thursday 29								Friday 30
	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)	N 12	N 12	E 8	E 8	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNW 10	E 8	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 10	N 10	N 9	N 9	N 9	E 7	N 10
Wave Graph
kJ	224	220	102	107	126	93	141	83	130	98	98	96	94	60	60	85	88	88	87	59	63	88	102
Wind (km/h)	E	E	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	E	E	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	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-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide			10:16AM0.41m									11:12AM0.41m								12:07PM0.40m
Low Tide									2:44AM-0.01m								3:36AM-0.01m


	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	5:40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:39	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	27	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	30	29	29	30	30	29	28	29	28	28	29	29	30	29	29	29	29	28	29	29	28	29
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	N 12	N 12	N 11	E 8	NNW 11	NNW 10	NNW 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 10	N 10	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 10
kJ	93	220	96	88	76	93	141	83	130	98	98	96	94	60	60	85	88	88	87	59	63	64	102
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 12	S 5	NNW 11	NNW 12	NNW 11	N 11	NNE 11	N 10	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ESE 7	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NNE 12	NNE 12	E 8	ENE 8	E 8	NNE 11	NE 7
kJ	224	2	102	107	126	86	25	53	32	32	22	5	39	35	36	36	15	15	30	19	29	41	14
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 5	NE 12	S 5	S 5	N 11	—	N 14	E 10	SE 8	NNE 13	NNE 13	E 9	ESE 8	NNE 11	NNE 11	—	SE 8	SE 8	NNE 12	NNE 12	NNE 11	ESE 9	NE 8
kJ	2	37	2	2	63	—	16	2	3	17	17	6	6	41	43	—	2	2	29	46	42	8	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	E 8	E 8	E 8	—	E 8	E 8	E 8	ESE 4	ESE 4	ESE 4	E 8	ESE 4	ESE 4	ESE 4	ESE 4	E 8	E 8	E 5	E 5	ESE 5	E 7	E 6
kJ	—	95	95	95	—	74	72	72	11	18	19	71	11	12	11	12	80	74	28	33	35	88	54
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	7	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	6	6	6	4	5	4	5	5	9	5	5	5	5	5	4	7	8	6	5	5

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