Wilderness 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 18.12° N 63.03° W

Issued: 1 pm 15 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 (15 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Wilderness at 5PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 15). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s
Afternoon (15 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Evening (15 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 28°C on Thu afternoon, min 28°C on Thu afternoon). Wind will be generally light.
	Thu 15					Friday 16								Saturday 17
	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NNE 14	NNE 14	NNE 15	NNE 14	NNE 13	NNE 13	N 13	N 12	N 12	N 12	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 9
Wave Graph
kJ	49	29	37	46	46	28	38	41	42	69	60	59	86	112	106	137	163	146	138	125	111
Wind (km/h)	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	ENE	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		12:01PM0.34m								12:49PM0.33m								1:35PM0.32m
Low Tide							4:18AM0.04m									5:01AM0.06m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:49	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—
mm	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Feels °C	29	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	NE 7	NNE 13	NNE 13	N 13	N 12	ENE 8	N 12	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 9
kJ	49	29	37	46	46	28	28	28	27	14	60	59	86	112	59	137	163	146	138	125	111
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 8	NNW 7	NNW 7	N 13	N 13	N 13	NNE 14	NNE 14	NNE 15	NNE 14	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 9	NE 7	N 12	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 8	ENE 9	SE 8	NNE 14
kJ	19	11	11	14	13	13	38	41	42	69	14	13	29	12	106	37	46	55	61	11	36
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	N 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 10	E 9	ENE 10	ENE 10	NE 7	NW 8	NW 8	E 9	ESE 9	NNW 7	NNW 7	NE 7	SE 8
kJ	7	15	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	13	18	18	12	9	14	25	26	10	5	8	11
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 4	E 5	E 5	E 4	E 4	E 4	E 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	E 4	ENE 4	—	—	E 9	E 9	E 9	ENE 9	E 9
kJ	13	15	15	15	15	17	14	15	18	20	16	16	13	11	—	—	56	55	76	59	73
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	171	175	33	33	33	33	33	33	6	6	0	33	33
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	6

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