Jailbreak surfForecast / Sandaun / Papua New Guinea

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 +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
29.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Jailbreak today?

The current surf forecast for Jailbreak at 8PM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+10) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)--
Afternoon (18 Sep)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (18 Sep)2ft (0.6m)7s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ENE
0.3
NNE
0.6
E
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
NE
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)610676666666666111111610101010108
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)282026494042424253433321232023232211213833331917
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
5
SE
5
SSE
10
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
SSW
0
W
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
0
NW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
off
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:56PM
0.98
4:27AM
1.05
6:31PM
1.00
5:31AM
1.04
7:02PM
1.02
6:28AM
1.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:45AM
0.15
10:58PM
0.70
11:36AM
0.18
11:55PM
0.62
12:21PM
0.23
12:43AM
0.54
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise------6:24-------6:24-------6:24-
Sunset-6:31-------6:30-------6:30------
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thunderstorm
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light rain
light rain
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part cloud
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
11122322332---1121111121
Temp. °C292927262625252725242424252424272828262625252527
Feels °C (?)313231303029293029282727292827323333303129292932
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Sandaun

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Jailbreak (light winds from the ESE.(Wind varies from 080 to 140 degs) at JayapuraSentani 89 km from Jailbreak). 0.3m 10s swell from the NNE with a 0.2m 8s swell, also from the NNE and a 0.2m 6s windswell, also from the ENE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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