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Garbage Heap surfForecast / Saint Martin / Netherlands Antilles

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 08 Jan 2026 AST
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Garbage Heap surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Garbage Heap sea temperature is
27.4° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Garbage Heap today?

The current surf forecast for Garbage Heap at 2AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a North direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (09 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.8
E
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.8
E
0.8
ENE
0.7
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
1
E
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
Period(s) (?)101099998812121111711111166777877
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)148148101103101746658565551496949494948484558561177575
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
15
E
20
E
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
E
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		onononononononcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:42AM
0.27
12:22PM
0.31
1:56AM
0.28
12:36PM
0.28
3:07AM
0.30
12:45PM
0.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:35PM
0.16
5:53AM
0.18
7:07PM
0.13
7:11AM
0.22
7:41PM
0.10
9:04AM
0.24
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise-----6:45-------6:45-------6:46--
Sunset5:51-------5:52-------5:52-------
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
21--------------1-------
Temp. °C262626252525262625252525252525262525252525252626
Feels °C (?)282827262625262625252424242424252423232323232525
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