Indonesia surf forecast
Live conditions and free 16-day forecasts for 9 breaks across Indonesia, rated Flat to Epic from NOAA data.
Indonesia sits directly in the firing line of the Indian Ocean, and the Southern Ocean storm belt below it runs almost without pause through the middle of the year. Swell generated near the Roaring Forties travels north across thousands of miles of open water and arrives at the archipelago long-period, consistent and remarkably clean.
What makes the region exceptional is not just the swell but what it meets: reef passes and coral points that have been shaped over millennia into some of the most mechanically perfect waves on earth. Many break in the same direction with the same trade wind blowing offshore for months at a time.
When it works
April to October is the dry season and the swell season simultaneously — the defining reason the region is so reliable. The wet season reverses the wind and quiets the swell.
9 breaks in Indonesia
| Break | Where | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Desert Point | Lombok | reef · left |
| G-Land (Grajagan) | Java | reef · left |
| Keramas | Bali | reef · right |
| Lagundri Bay | Nias | point · right |
| Lakey Peak | Sumbawa | reef · both |
| Lance's Right (HTs) | Mentawai Islands | reef · right |
| Macaronis | Mentawai Islands | reef · left |
| Padang Padang | Bali | reef · left |
| Uluwatu | Bali | reef · left |
Buoys covering this coast
A forecast tells you what a model expects. These stations report what the ocean is actually doing right now — the ground truth behind every rating above.
- 14049
- 23008
- 23009
- 23010
- 23012
- 23014
- 23016
- 23019
- 23218 — Bay of Bengal IN4
- 23223 — Bay of Bengal
- 23226 — Arabian Sea
- 23228 — Arabian Sea
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