Boca del Rio Surf Break

Lat Long: 18.16° S 70.69° W

Boca del Rio 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 20 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Boca del Rio sea temperature is
18.7° C
1.8° 

Boca del Rio surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Boca del Rio today (20 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Boca del Rio at 11PM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.2m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)--
Afternoon (20 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (20 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

Table - waves today at Boca del Rio. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri morning, min 16°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SW
13
1
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.8
SW
14
0.8
SW
14
0.7
SW
13
1.1
SSW
8
1
SSW
8
1.1
SSW
8
1.1
SSW
8
1.1
SSW
8
1.1
SSW
9
1.1
SSW
9
1.1
SSW
9
1.1
SSW
9
1.1
SSW
9
1
SSW
9
1.1
SSW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
202
404
350
350
241
257
176
153
138
165
173
177
181
172
176
176
176
151
184
Wind (km/h)
10
S
5
S
5
S
5
S
5
S
5
ENE
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SE
0
ENE
5
SW
5
S
10
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
0
SW
Wind State
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
High Tide
1:44PM0.52m
2:58AM0.82m
3:14PM0.47m
4:10AM0.84m
4:42PM0.47m
Low Tide
7:36PM0.25m
10:20AM0.32m
8:45PM0.27m
11:34AM0.27m
9:58PM0.26m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:58
5:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:32
5:32
5:32
 mm
Temp °C
18
17
17
16
16
16
18
19
18
17
17
16
16
16
18
19
19
17
17
Feels °C
17
17
18
17
17
17
19
19
18
18
18
17
17
17
19
19
19
18
19
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Boca del Rio surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest