West Passage (Babelthuap) Surf Forecast

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Palau (3 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

West Passage (Babelthuap) surfForecast / Palau / Palau

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Saturday 30 Aug 2025 +09

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West Passage (Babelthuap) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's West Passage (Babelthuap) sea temperature is 29.9° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at West Passage (Babelthuap) today?

The current surf forecast for West Passage (Babelthuap) at 5PM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm August 30). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+09) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (30 Aug)	4.5ft (1.4m)	6s
Evening (30 Aug)	4.5ft (1.4m)	6s

Table - waves today at West Passage (Babelthuap). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Saturday 30				Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	161	153	153	149	174	199	179	189	188	188	186	188	149	125	86	107	73	73	73	65	67	67	64	50
Wind (km/h)	W	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	ESE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:09AM 1.52				10:55PM 1.72					12:04PM 1.39			11:37PM 1.65					1:24PM 1.29				12:36AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)			4:17PM 0.97				5:33AM 0.68				4:41PM 1.08					6:47AM 0.72			5:17PM 1.18					8:27AM 0.70

	Saturday 30				Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	2	7	13	10	16	4	-	-	2	2	1	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1
Temp. °C	27	26	25	25	25	26	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	28	27	28	27	27	28
Feels °C (?)	27	27	27	26	25	26	28	28	28	28	29	30	30	30	30	30	31	32	31	31	32	31	31	33

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Palau

Wind Update Recent cross-shore wind 23 km from West Passage (Babelthuap) has fallen light (light winds from the SSW at Babelthuap (Palau)/Roman Tmetuchl International Airport). Waves should be turning clean at West Passage (Babelthuap). A 1.1m local chop from the WSW
1 hour 59 minutes ago West Passage (Babelthuap)

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23 km away, 1 h 59 min ago

9 km/h

SSW

0.0

29.9

Air / Water (°C)

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