Surf Break

Lat Long: 18.12° N 63.02° W

Garbage Heap 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 21 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Garbage Heap sea temperature is
29.7°C
1.3° 

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


How big are the waves at Garbage Heap today (21 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with NNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for Garbage Heap at 10AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 21). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Oct)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (21 Oct)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (21 Oct)2ft (0.6m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 28°C on Wed morning, min 28°C on Wed morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
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
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
NNW
11
1.1
NNW
11
0.9
NNW
11
0.9
NNW
10
0.9
NNW
10
0.7
N
11
0.6
NW
10
0.6
NW
10
0.6
NW
10
0.6
NW
9
0.6
NW
9
0.6
NW
10
0.7
NW
10
0.7
NW
10
0.7
NW
10
0.8
NW
10
0.7
NW
10
0.7
NW
10
0.6
NNW
13
0.7
NNW
13
0.9
NNW
12
0.9
NW
12
0.8
NNW
11
0.8
NNW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
251
270
202
195
195
112
79
79
74
71
71
73
94
100
104
120
100
100
116
147
255
202
157
151
Wind (km/h)
20
SE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
20
ESE
25
E
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
3:15AM0.23m
4:06PM0.31m
4:26AM0.26m
4:36PM0.30m
5:30AM0.30m
5:04PM0.27m
Low Tide
9:08AM0.16m
11:04PM0.18m
10:32AM0.18m
11:17PM0.16m
11:49AM0.19m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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5:45
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5:45
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5:44
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 mm
1
1
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2
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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
28
Feels °C
30
30
30
30
30
31
31
31
31
30
30
29
29
30
30
30
29
29
29
28
28
28
28
27
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