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Jailbreak surfForecast / Sandaun / Papua New Guinea

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 14 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
29.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Jailbreak today?

The current surf forecast for Jailbreak at 10AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (+10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (14 Jan)3ft (0.9m)9s

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

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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.6
N
0.7
N
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
NE
Period(s) (?)9999999999999911111212101011111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)132132112112112112117147144138118115112107163187113144177177191146141117
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
SSW
5
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
5
S
5
ENE
5
NE
5
N
0
NNE
0
SW
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:26AM
0.81
3:14PM
1.12
6:28AM
0.85
3:58PM
1.13
7:16AM
0.89
4:43PM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:17PM
0.25
8:56AM
0.74
11:04PM
0.19
9:56AM
0.77
11:48PM
0.14
10:55AM
0.79
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
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Sunset-----6:51-------6:51-------6:52--
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Rain (mm)
-274-----1-1------1421--
Temp. °C262625262728272626252527272726262625252625262525
Feels °C (?)313129303131312930282931323131313129293029302928
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