Wilderness Surf Break

Lat Long: 18.47° N 67.17° W

Wilderness 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 17 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Wilderness sea temperature is
29.8°C
1.2° 

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


How big are the waves at Wilderness today (17 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 12s period with NNE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with NNE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Wilderness at 9PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (17 Oct)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (17 Oct)2ft (0.6m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Sat afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Sat afternoon, min 26°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
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
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
NNE
12
0.7
NNE
11
0.6
NNE
11
0.6
NNE
11
0.8
NNE
10
0.7
NNE
10
0.7
NNE
9
0.6
NNE
9
0.6
NNE
9
0.5
NNE
9
0.5
NNE
9
0.5
NNE
8
0.5
NNE
8
0.5
NNE
9
0.4
NNE
11
0.5
N
11
0.6
NNE
10
0.6
NNE
11
0.4
NNE
9
0.5
NNE
9
0.8
NNW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
107
111
93
88
116
100
92
66
65
45
42
41
41
43
42
57
82
91
28
46
246
Wind (km/h)
15
E
15
ENE
10
E
10
E
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
15
E
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
N
10
NE
10
E
5
S
Wind State
off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
High Tide
1:06PM0.44m
00:53AM0.25m
2:01PM0.44m
1:58AM0.27m
2:55PM0.44m
Low Tide
8:10PM0.18m
6:46AM0.12m
9:05PM0.19m
7:53AM0.15m
9:54PM0.19m
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
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6:22
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6:22
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6:05
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6:04
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 mm
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1
4
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1
3
1
2
3
1
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4
1
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Temp °C
29
29
28
28
27
27
26
27
28
28
28
28
27
27
26
27
28
28
28
27
27
Feels °C
32
32
31
31
31
31
30
31
31
31
31
31
31
31
30
31
32
31
31
30
31
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