Thunders surfForecast / Mentawi Islands / Indonesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 WIB
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Thunders surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Thunders sea temperature is
29.6° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Thunders today?

The current surf forecast for Thunders at 5AM is: 2.1m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (WIB) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)15s
Afternoon (17 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)15s
Evening (17 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
3
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
1
4
3
3
4
3
4
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.7
S
1.3
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
0.8
SSW
1.4
S
Period(s) (?)161515151515141414141414131313121314151212131714
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16131690192418981602141315911187117111549891233117210181018657956631372617544737377780
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
S
5
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
0
NE
5
W
5
SSW
10
SE
10
ENE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
5
N
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassonglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:00AM
0.79
3:20PM
0.45
3:21AM
0.81
4:21PM
0.55
4:18AM
0.85
5:02PM
0.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:53AM
0.22
8:16PM
0.30
10:39AM
0.17
9:48PM
0.26
11:11AM
0.13
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
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Sunset------6:15-------6:15-------6:15-
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Rain (mm)
----14524224314511-12---
Temp. °C252525252726262625252525262727262626262627282827
Feels °C (?)282929293130302927282828303131292929303031313131
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Mentawi Islands

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Thunders (calm at MiaPadang 253 km from Thunders). 1.2m 11s groundswell from the S with a 0.7m 11s groundswell from the SSE and a 0.3m 11s groundswell from the WSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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