Wilderness 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 18.12° N 63.03° W

Issued: 7 am 17 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Wilderness sea temperature is

29.6°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

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

Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 12s period with N swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with N swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Wilderness at 10AM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 17). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	12s
Afternoon (17 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	11s
Evening (17 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 28°C on Sat morning, min 27°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Saturday 17							Sunday 18								Monday 19
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 12	N 12	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 12	N 12	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 9	N 9
Wave Graph
kJ	106	137	163	146	138	125	85	83	81	80	57	55	57	57	46	65	89	114	104	68	87	81	60
Wind (km/h)	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				1:35PM0.32m									2:19PM0.32m			00:34AM0.19m					2:58PM0.32m
Low Tide		5:01AM0.06m								5:48AM0.08m					10:44PM0.19m			6:41AM0.11m					10:44PM0.19m


	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—
mm	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	1	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	28	28
Feels °C	29	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	28	30	30	30	30	30
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 12	N 12	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	E 8	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 9	N 9
kJ	106	137	163	146	138	125	85	83	81	80	50	55	57	57	39	37	89	114	104	68	87	81	60
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	E 9	ESE 9	ENE 8	ENE 9	SE 8	NNE 14	NNE 13	SE 8	SE 9	N 9	ENE 8	E 4	ENE 8	N 12	N 12	N 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	N 12	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8
kJ	26	27	26	73	61	11	36	35	11	12	57	26	9	13	46	65	32	14	13	25	13	13	13
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 8	NE 8	NE 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	NE 7	SE 8	SE 8	N 14	E 11	NNE 12	NNE 12	ENE 8	SE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ENE 8	ESE 8	N 15	N 15
kJ	14	16	8	10	5	8	11	11	15	2	29	29	14	11	14	14	14	7	7	13	6	18	17
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 4	ENE 5	E 4	—	—	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	—	SE 4	—	E 4	E 4	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	ESE 5	ESE 8	ESE 8
kJ	16	17	15	—	—	55	73	68	66	49	—	4	—	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	7	37	51
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	6	6	0	0	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33
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Rating (10 max)												1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)												1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	4	4	4	4	9	4	4	5	5	5	6	6

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