Wilderness Surf Break

Lat Long: 18.47° N 67.17° W

Wilderness 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 20 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Wilderness sea temperature is
29.8°C
1.3° 

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 (20 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 13s period with NNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 12s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 12s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Wilderness at 7PM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)6ft (1.8m)13s
Afternoon (20 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (20 Oct)5ft (1.6m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 19mm), heaviest on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Wed morning, min 26°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
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)
3
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
NNW
12
1.8
NNW
12
1.6
NNW
12
1.6
N
12
1.6
N
12
1.5
N
11
1.5
N
11
1.4
N
11
1.2
N
11
0.9
NNW
10
0.9
NNW
10
1
N
10
1
N
10
0.9
NNW
10
0.9
NNW
10
1
NNW
10
1
NNW
10
1
NNW
10
1
NNW
10
1
NNW
10
0.9
NNW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
931
901
755
711
687
553
543
459
350
191
184
200
204
173
191
222
227
231
227
218
176
Wind (km/h)
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SE
5
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
15
SW
10
S
20
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
E
5
E
5
WSW
20
S
20
S
10
SE
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross
off
off
off
off
off
glassy
glassy
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
3:47PM0.44m
4:09AM0.34m
4:34PM0.44m
5:05AM0.39m
5:19PM0.43m
Low Tide
9:03AM0.16m
10:35PM0.18m
10:12AM0.17m
11:10PM0.16m
11:15AM0.17m
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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2
2
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4
5
2
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Temp °C
28
28
28
28
27
26
26
26
29
29
29
27
27
26
26
27
29
28
26
26
26
Feels °C
32
31
32
32
31
29
29
29
33
31
32
29
30
29
29
30
33
33
27
28
29
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