Barranca surf break

Barranca surfForecast / Caribbean Coast / Dominican Republic

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 AST
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Barranca surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Barranca sea temperature is
27.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Barranca today?

The current surf forecast for Barranca at 10AM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Afternoon (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Evening (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)777777667777777777777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)251818182625231717464353535353545666848686868481
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
E
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:50PM
0.23
10:31PM
0.26
11:20PM
0.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:02PM
0.07
1:47PM
0.04
1:29PM
0.01
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise---6:26-------6:26-------6:26----
Sunset------7:00-------7:00-------7:00-
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
Rain (mm)
--31----111---112111--1-
Temp. °C242424242727272424242425272827252424242527282725
Feels °C (?)272727262929292726262627282929292727272828302928
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