San Rafael Surf Forecast and Surf Reports
(Caribbean Coast – Dominican Republic)
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San Rafael Spot ID
Type: beach
Reliability: fairly consistent
Best: Swell SE | Wind NW
Sea Temperature Today is: 27.3 °C
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Period (s) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
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Wind State | cross- on |
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San Rafael on the South Coast is an exposed beach break that has fairly consistent surf Offshore winds blow from the northwest. Waves just as likely from local windswells as from distant groundswells and the ideal swell angle is from the southeast. Waves at the beach break both left and right. Rarely crowded here.
Tide Times:
For Paraiso, 2 km from San Rafael.
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San Rafael Tide Times and Tide Chart
Live Weather:
At Cachon Cabral wx, 44 km from San Rafael.
light winds from the SSE![]() km/h | ![]() Clear | Air temperature 25.4 °C |
Overall San Rafael Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in April



The graph shows the combination of swells directed at San Rafael through a typical Apri... (show all text)

The rose diagram illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different d... (show all text)
The two graphs above are also combined in the single San Rafael surf consistency graph.
Also see San Rafael surf quality by season and San Rafael surf quality by month.
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Use this relief map to navigate to Caribbean Coast surf spots and tide stations that are in the area of San Rafael
Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to San Rafael:
(click location name for more details)- Closest break1 mi
- Second closest break6 mi
- Third closest break12 mi
- Fourth closest break16 mi
- Fifth closest break16 mi
Wave buoys nearest to San Rafael:
- Closest wave buoy346 mi
- Second closest wave buoy386 mi
- Third closest wave buoy420 mi
- Fourth closest wave buoy432 mi
- Fifth closest wave buoy466 mi
Tide stations nearest to San Rafael:
- Closest tide station7 mi
- Second closest tide station16 mi
- Third closest tide station30 mi
- Fourth closest tide station32 mi
- Fifth closest tide station73 mi

Ski Resorts closest to San Rafael:
- Closest ski areaSapphire Valley (United States)1393 mi
- Second closest ski areaScaly Mountain (United States)1400 mi
- Third closest ski areaWolf Ridge Ski Resort (United States)1400 mi
- Fourth closest ski areaSky Valley (United States)1401 mi
- Fifth closest ski areaCloudmont (United States)1410 mi

Town and city forecasts close to San Rafael:
- Closest city location30 mi
- Second closest city location58 mi
- Third closest city location68 mi
- Fourth closest city location72 mi
- Fifth closest city locationThomazeau (Haiti)77 mi
Airports
- The closest passenger airport to San Rafael is Maria Montez International (Barahona) Airport (BRX) in Dominican Republic, 52 km (32 miles) away (directly).
- The second nearest airport to San Rafael is Port Au Prince International (Port-au-prince) Airport (PAP) in Haiti, 134 km (83 miles) away.
- Third is Herrera International (Santo Domingo) Airport (HEX) in Dominican Republic, 160 km (99 miles) away.
- Las Americas International (Santo Domingo) Airport (SDQ) in Dominican Republic is 187 km (116 miles) away.
- Cibao International (Santiago) Airport (STI), also in Dominican Republic is the fifth nearest airport to San Rafael and is 192 km (119 miles) away.
This is the Surf-Forecast page for San Rafael, Caribbean Coast. Use the tab navigation above to view San Rafael sea temperature, San Rafael photographs, San Rafael detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, San Rafael webcams, current wind from Caribbean Coast live weather stations and San Rafael tide predictions. The Dominican Republic swell maps link will open up the big picture showing Dominican Republic and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from Dominican Republic wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around San Rafael.