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Telescopes surfForecast / Mentawi Islands / Indonesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 08 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
28.9° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Telescopes today?

The current surf forecast for Telescopes at 7AM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (WIB) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (08 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (08 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
3
2
1
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
WSW
0.4
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)11118161115151414141413131313131313121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)84826094126144191239465378357514499499390384384373292283278230230230
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
S
5
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
NW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:15PM
1.18
9:56AM
0.92
9:54PM
1.06
10:44AM
0.92
10:33PM
0.93
11:34AM
0.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:32AM
0.07
3:23PM
0.23
4:04AM
0.12
4:10PM
0.31
4:36AM
0.17
5:02PM
0.39
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise---6:20-------6:20-------6:20----
Sunset------6:35-------6:35-------6:36-
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thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
---22---2121112-1---11-2
Temp. °C282828272728282827272727262727272727262627272727
Feels °C (?)313131303132313131313030293029293029282828272929
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