Jailbreak surfForecast / Sandaun / Papua New Guinea

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 31 Mar 2026 +10
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Jailbreak surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Jailbreak sea temperature is
29.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Jailbreak today?

The current surf forecast for Jailbreak at 2PM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 09:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (31 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (31 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NE
0.6
ENE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
ENE
0.7
NNW
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.8
N
0.9
N
0.6
N
0.7
NNW
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
Period(s) (?)101011111111111111101010121210101011119991110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8469929294949282121726867177228681009811411659595711098
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
WSW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
5
WSW
5
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:28AM
1.05
6:16PM
1.01
6:58AM
1.07
7:14PM
1.01
7:26AM
1.09
8:07PM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:26PM
0.48
12:34AM
0.33
1:11PM
0.39
1:14AM
0.39
1:52PM
0.31
1:51AM
0.46
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
Sunrise6:35-------6:35-------6:35-------
Sunset---6:40-------6:40-------6:39----
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
1122116468166---1-------1
Temp. °C252729282726262625252424242425242425272726262525
Feels °C (?)293234323130313028272728282729272729313030292829
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