Scarecrows surfForecast / Mentawi Islands / Indonesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 WIB
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Scarecrows surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Scarecrows sea temperature is
29.7° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Scarecrows today?

The current surf forecast for Scarecrows at 12PM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 17s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (WIB) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Afternoon (16 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)16s
Evening (16 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)16s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Fri
19
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
Period(s) (?)141414171616161515151515151414141414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)6505377458249791302135112871375134415471330118310349721102976806863822809814879835
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
5
S
10
ESE
0
ENE
5
NNW
5
ENE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
S
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SSE
5
S
5
S
5
SE
0
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscrossoffoffoffcross-
off
offglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:22PM
0.41
2:06AM
0.80
3:19PM
0.47
3:26AM
0.83
4:21PM
0.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:29AM
0.28
6:03PM
0.29
9:56AM
0.23
8:26PM
0.30
10:41AM
0.18
9:53PM
0.26
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Fri
19
Sunrise-6:13-------6:13-------6:13------
Sunset----6:19-------6:19-------6:19---
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
Rain (mm)
55431---1--11-------111-
Temp. °C262525242526262625262626272727272626272727282727
Feels °C (?)292828282830292928303030323130302929303131323131
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Mentawi Islands

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Scarecrows (light winds from the SE at MiaPadang 173 km from Scarecrows). 1.0m 13s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.6m 7s swell from the SSE and a 0.4m 8s swell from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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