Wilderness Surf Break

Lat Long: 18.12° N 63.03° W

Wilderness 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 16 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Wilderness sea temperature is
29.1° C
0.7° 

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 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Wilderness at 12AM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Aug)--
Afternoon (17 Aug)5ft (1.6m)9s
Evening (17 Aug)5ft (1.5m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 28°C on Sun night, min 27°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sun
16
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
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)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
E
9
1.5
E
9
1.5
E
8
1.5
E
8
1.4
E
8
1.4
E
8
1.3
E
8
1.2
E
8
1.2
E
8
1.1
E
8
1.1
E
8
1.1
E
8
1.2
E
8
1.2
E
8
1.2
E
8
1.2
E
8
1.2
E
8
1.2
E
8
1.2
E
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
347
339
331
324
264
264
223
190
190
161
161
161
186
186
182
187
191
190
190
Wind (km/h)
25
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
ESE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:36PM0.28m
12:05PM0.32m
10:52PM0.25m
1:08PM0.32m
Low Tide
4:44PM0.18m
4:50AM0.11m
5:54PM0.20m
5:27AM0.08m
7:27PM0.22m
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:54
5:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:37
6:37
6:37
 mm
1
Temp °C
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
Feels °C
28
27
26
27
27
28
29
29
29
28
28
28
27
27
28
28
28
29
28
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