Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Jalama today (20 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 15s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 13s period with NW swell.
The current surf forecast for Jalama at 9PM is: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.1m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (20 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 15s |
| Evening (20 Oct) | 5ft (1.5m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Jalama. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Wed morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue afternoon, min 16°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 20 | Wednesday 21 | Thursday 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | NW 13 | NW 13 | NW 13 | NW 13 | NW 12 | NW 12 | NW 11 | NW 11 | WNW 11 | SSW 14 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 543 | 543 | 701 | 859 | 1050 | 1204 | 1026 | 822 | 553 | 493 | 437 | 449 | 543 | 543 | 449 | 368 | 454 | 448 | 326 | 326 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | cross | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | glassy | on | on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 6:11PM1.65m | 7:50AM1.69m | 7:05PM1.67m | 8:05AM1.80m | 7:55PM1.69m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 12:50PM1.18m | 1:04AM0.55m | 1:30PM1.01m | 1:33AM0.57m | 2:07PM0.82m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 6:21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:19 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 19 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 |
Feels °C | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 11 | NW 11 | NW 13 | NW 13 | NW 13 | NW 13 | NW 12 | NW 12 | NW 11 | NW 11 | WNW 11 | SSW 14 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | W 9 | WNW 9 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 |
| kJ | 347 | 308 | 701 | 859 | 1050 | 1204 | 1026 | 822 | 553 | 493 | 396 | 449 | 543 | 543 | 449 | 331 | 165 | 132 | 247 | 243 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | NW 10 | NW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 |
| kJ | 543 | 543 | 536 | 536 | 529 | 529 | 580 | 253 | 336 | 413 | 437 | 239 | 229 | 168 | 108 | 103 | 317 | 308 | 326 | 326 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 15 | NW 14 | WNW 15 | SE 9 | SSW 22 | SSW 22 | SSW 22 | SSW 16 | S 16 | SSW 20 | SSW 20 | WNW 12 | S 20 | S 20 | WNW 12 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | WNW 11 | NW 8 |
| kJ | 85 | 132 | 84 | 3 | 46 | 45 | 45 | 346 | 193 | 154 | 218 | 85 | 194 | 194 | 121 | 368 | 454 | 448 | 65 | 42 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ESE 3 | SE 4 | SE 4 | SSE 4 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | SSW 5 | SW 5 | SW 5 | — | SW 4 | WNW 9 | WNW 5 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 14 | 18 | 28 | 44 | 32 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 13 | — | 5 | 135 | 33 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 9 | 220 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 58 | 53 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 61 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
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