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Jailbreak surfForecast / Sandaun / Papua New Guinea

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 21 Jan 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
29.4° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Jailbreak today?

The current surf forecast for Jailbreak at 9PM is: 2.0m 7s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)--
Afternoon (21 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)7s
Evening (21 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)7s

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

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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
2
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
0.8
NW
0.8
NW
0.5
NE
0.6
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
Period(s) (?)7777777777766666131313109111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3534453983983343012772261641471281038876585888118699087187163163
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
15
W
10
WSW
15
NW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
W
10
W
5
SSW
5
S
5
S
0
W
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSE
5
S
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
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High Tide
/ height (m)
10:03AM
1.04
8:29PM
1.08
10:31AM
1.07
9:21PM
1.03
11:00AM
1.09
10:19PM
0.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:10PM
0.69
3:33AM
0.11
4:00PM
0.63
4:08AM
0.18
4:52PM
0.55
4:45AM
0.27
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
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Sunset-6:52-------6:52-------6:52------
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Rain (mm)
-122111---35472---------
Temp. °C303027272726262830292726262525252626262625252526
Feels °C (?)313129303029293132313029302829293131313129282830
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