The Core Surf Forecast

/ North (7 surf breaks) /

Taiwan (13 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (24.76° N 121.81° E)

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The Core surfForecast / North / Taiwan

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 CST

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The Core surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's The Core sea temperature is 29.3° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Core today?

The current surf forecast for The Core at 4PM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	6s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	9s
Evening (18 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	10s

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

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	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	E	E	SE	E	SE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE
Period(s) (?)	6	9	9	10	9	7	7	10	10	9	8	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	76	15	15	15	15	88	35	52	47	23	22	58	56	50	48	72	70	78	86	90	127	101	101	79
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	SSE	SSW	SSW	WSW	SSE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSE	SSE	S	WSW	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)				5:20PM 1.19			4:15AM 1.38					5:40PM 1.24				5:01AM 1.43				6:00PM 1.29				5:42AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)					10:28PM 0.77					11:09AM 0.22				11:06PM 0.64				11:41AM 0.23				11:40PM 0.53

	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	31	31	28	27	27	26	26	28	30	31	29	27	27	27	26	29	31	31	29	27	27	26	26	28
Feels °C (?)	32	31	30	30	29	29	29	31	32	33	33	32	32	32	30	33	34	34	33	32	33	31	31	33

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for North

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at The Core (calm at Miaomeicun wx 41 km from The Core). 0.3m 9s swell from the ENE to make surfable waves.
1 hour 10 minutes ago The Core

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41 km away, 1 h 10 min ago

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29.3

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