Easing surf ahead of a fun sized S/SW swell next week

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Craig Brokensha (Craig)

Bali and Mentawais forecast​​​​​​ by Craig Brokensha (issued Thursday 1st November)

Best Days: Swell magnets tomorrow and then Monday through Friday next week

This week through next week (Nov 2 - 9)

Bali: Welcome to the last Indonesian swell forecast for the season.

A new SW groundswell that was expected to fill in yesterday afternoon and provide 4-6ft waves across the regional swell magnets is on the ease today and we'll see it continuing to drop through the weekend of our good new S/SW groundswell early next week.

This has been generated the past couple of days and is still being generated today by a strong polar front that's projected up from the Heard Island region towards WA.

A moderate to large S/SW groundswell should be produced, with it arriving late in the day Sunday and peaking through Monday to 6ft+ across south swell magnets, easing off slowly from 5-6ft or so Tuesday morning.

Our secondary more southerly and longer-period S'ly groundswell for later in the week is also still on track, but the models are incorrectly combining the existing energy with the new swell and over-forecasting the size.

We'll see a late fetch of severe-gale W/SW winds generated south-southwest of WA, on the edge of our southern swell window.

Due to this locations east of Bali will be smaller compared to similar swells from a more SW direction.

We should see the swell arriving through Wednesday evening and filling in Thursday, peaking around 4-5ft across south swell magnets, with some reinforcing mid-period energy to a similar size slowing the easing trend from Friday. With this swell direction the protected Bukit reefs will be small to tiny

Beyond this there's nothing major on the cards. Coming back to the expected winds and we're looking at fairly persistent but weak SE trades, light and variable each morning.

16 day Bali Forecast Graph
16 day East Java Forecast Graph
16 day Sumbawa Forecast Graph

Ments: We should be seeing fun waves across the region today, but an easing trend will be seen this afternoon and further into the weekend ahead of the S'ly groundswell Monday afternoon and Tuesday.

Winds look great for exposed breaks tomorrow morning and E/SE, S'ly into the afternoon and then a more variable E/NE breeze is expected on Saturday, Sunday and Monday mornings before tending back to the SE next Tuesday morning.

Coming back to the S'ly swell and it's only due to come in around the 4ft range on the sets across south magnets later Monday and Tuesday morning, easing back into the end of the week, with the secondary S'ly pulse not impacting us at all.

16 day Mentawai forecast graph
16 day Nias forecast graph
16 day South Sumatra forecast graph

Comments

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backhand life Friday, 2 Nov 2018 at 6:49am

Thanks for the notes for the season Craig

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Blowin Saturday, 1 Dec 2018 at 8:47pm

Craig, are you saying you think that the modelled swell 8th - 13th is a hoax ?

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Craig Sunday, 2 Dec 2018 at 8:55pm

These are old Blowin. From November. 

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udo Saturday, 12 Jan 2019 at 2:47pm

Craig what are your thoughts on the system forming in Timor sea Tuesday..Large Swell producer ?

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Craig Saturday, 12 Jan 2019 at 5:44pm

Hey Udo, I can't see anything of significance at all. Just weak monsoon winds?

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udo Saturday, 12 Jan 2019 at 5:54pm

Can only see it on windy tv ..developing low pressure.

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oliver.willmette Wednesday, 10 Apr 2019 at 9:07am

Planning on going to Bali on the weekend do you know when your reports start?
Thankyou

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thermalben Wednesday, 10 Apr 2019 at 9:12am

We'll be kicking off Indo forecasts in a few weeks time, though in a different format - we'll have more details on this soon.

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udo Thursday, 18 Apr 2019 at 3:42pm

Is Indo about to light up with first swell of season..?

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goofyfoot Thursday, 18 Apr 2019 at 3:51pm

The models aren’t saying anything?

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udo Friday, 19 Apr 2019 at 9:32am

Solid at Keramas this morning
Smoking G land yesterday.

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Craig Friday, 19 Apr 2019 at 9:28am

Yeah large swells.

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geoffrey Friday, 19 Jul 2019 at 7:34am

i take it these are done and replaced by swellnet traveller? even for faithful subscribers?

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thermalben Friday, 19 Jul 2019 at 7:46am

Yes, all non-Australian forecaster notes are done through Swellnet Traveller. Here’s the article we wrote about it back in May.

https://www.swellnet.com/news/swellnet-dispatch/2019/05/16/introducing-s...

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geoffrey Friday, 19 Jul 2019 at 3:34pm

ah i missed that article. thats a shame but i totally understand you gotta make a buck and as a long time subscriber, i saw the value in the service early on. Cheers

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KevinHardwick Sunday, 2 Apr 2023 at 7:52am

Hey guys, any chance of bringing back Indo forecaster notes this season?

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goofyfoot Sunday, 2 Apr 2023 at 10:09am

Yeah, what he said!

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evosurfer Sunday, 2 Apr 2023 at 8:13am

Ive rebooked my Bali trip 3 times now because of westerly winds
as far as maps go what on earth is going on. Ive been going to Bali this time of year for over 10 years always scored and definitely never had the
conditions like this.

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Jamyardy Sunday, 2 Apr 2023 at 11:32am

Lately, it looks like cyclone Herman has been sucking the trades from the east, to the SW instead of SE, and the top end of the cyclone has been pushing the westerlies. Or maybe its just the transition from La Nina to Neutral that is having an effect, water is still super warm in SW WA.

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goofyfoot Sunday, 2 Apr 2023 at 12:35pm

Is swellnet traveller coming back?

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thermalben Sunday, 2 Apr 2023 at 12:49pm

We're hoping to bring back FC Notes for Indo this season.

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goofyfoot Sunday, 2 Apr 2023 at 1:05pm

Unreal

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matt.rogers Sunday, 2 Apr 2023 at 7:48pm

Awesome! Love the FC notes for WA always very helpful. will be super handy for trips up to Indo, looking forward to it.