Telescopes surf break

Telescopes surfForecast / Mentawi Islands / Indonesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 16 Jan 2026 WIB
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Telescopes surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Telescopes sea temperature is
29.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Telescopes today?

The current surf forecast for Telescopes at 9PM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WIB) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)--
Afternoon (16 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (16 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131313121316161515191914141818181716161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2952652822461711991841903623533443224804193013053529431021932717666657649
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
10
W
15
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:18PM
1.05
5:52AM
0.63
5:59PM
1.11
6:30AM
0.69
6:35PM
1.16
7:05AM
0.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:07AM
0.22
10:48AM
0.23
12:34AM
0.16
11:34AM
0.19
1:02AM
0.12
12:16PM
0.15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise-----6:24-------6:24-------6:24--
Sunset6:37-------6:37-------6:37-------
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
1---212311221---12-12311
Temp. °C282828272727272828292827272828292828272726262727
Feels °C (?)303029282827272829302928272728303030292927272928
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