Playa del Macao 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 18.78° N 68.55° W

Issued: 1 am 07 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Playa del Macao sea temperature is

29.7°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Playa del Macao today (07 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Playa del Macao at 6AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 07). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (07 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	6s
Afternoon (07 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s
Evening (07 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	6s

Table - waves today at Playa del Macao. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Thu night. Warm (max 30°C on Thu morning, min 26°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 7								Thursday 8								Friday 9
	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 14	E 6	E 6	E 6	NE 14	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 6	E 6	ENE 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6
Wave Graph
kJ	79	92	78	67	49	51	40	37	45	43	43	34	32	33	46	86	106	143	123	119	102	83	82	94
Wind (km/h)	E	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	E	E	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide			5:48AM0.48m				6:21PM0.55m				6:46AM0.53m				7:07PM0.52m				7:37AM0.58m				7:50PM0.49m
Low Tide					11:55AM0.13m				00:35AM0.15m				12:57PM0.14m				1:12AM0.13m				1:55PM0.14m


	—	6:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:26	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:15	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	1
Temp °C	28	27	27	29	29	28	28	27	27	26	28	30	30	29	28	28	27	27	28	29	29	29	28	28
Feels °C	30	30	30	29	29	28	31	30	30	29	30	31	31	30	31	31	30	31	29	29	29	30	30	30
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 14	NNE 11	NE 14	E 6	SE 7	SE 7	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	SE 6	SE 6	ENE 6	NNE 12	NNE 12	N 8	NNE 8	N 8	SE 6	N 8	N 8	N 8
kJ	79	49	51	67	17	12	40	37	45	43	43	34	10	10	46	14	14	5	6	5	10	11	21	22
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SE 8	SE 8	NE 14	ENE 7	NNE 13	SE 7	SE 6	SE 6	NNE 13	SE 6	SE 6	NNE 12	NNE 12	SE 6	—	N 8	NNE 12	N 8	NNE 8	N 8	SE 6	SE 6	SE 7
kJ	—	10	10	51	16	18	12	14	10	33	10	9	15	14	9	—	5	13	5	6	11	10	11	12
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	NNE 14	SE 7	NE 14	NNE 10	NNE 13	NNE 13	NNE 13	N 8	NNE 13	NNE 13	NE 9	NE 9	NNE 12	NNE 12	N 9	N 8	NE 12	NE 11	NNE 8	NE 8	NNE 8	NE 8
kJ	—	—	78	8	49	11	17	17	33	1	33	16	3	3	14	27	2	1	5	5	6	2	6	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 5	E 6	E 6	—	ENE 6	ENE 6	—	—	SE 6	SE 7	—	SSE 6	E 6	E 6	—	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6
kJ	67	92	78	—	36	51	—	—	49	11	—	29	32	33	—	86	106	143	123	119	102	83	82	94
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Embassy Beach Caribbean Coast	De Cameron Caribbean Coast	Banzai Caribbean Coast	Surfers Beach Puerto Rico	Inches Puerto Rico	Cueva del Indio Puerto Rico	Surfers Beach Puerto Rico	Guibia Caribbean Coast	Guibia Caribbean Coast	Guibia Caribbean Coast	Banzai Caribbean Coast	El Chinchorro (Red Beach) Caribbean Coast	Baorvco Caribbean Coast	Los Pocitos Caracas	El Chinchorro (Red Beach) Caribbean Coast	El Chinchorro (Red Beach) Caribbean Coast	Hawaii Caribbean Coast	Embassy Beach Caribbean Coast	El Coson North East Coast	La Preciosa Amber Coast	La Tortue Saint Barthélemy	La Tortue Saint Barthélemy	The Ranch Jamaica	Hawaii Caribbean Coast
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	97	89	117	151	287	203	151	151	151	151	117	159	275	924	159	159	82	97	121	187	614	614	812	82
Best forecast wave conditions in North East Coast - Dominican-Republic	El Coson	El Coson	El Broke						El Broke	El Broke								El Coson	El Coson
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1						1	1								1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in Dominican Republic	Baorvco Caribbean Coast	La Puntilla (Puerto Plata) Amber Coast	Baorvco Caribbean Coast	La Punta Amber Coast	Bahia de las Aguilas Caribbean Coast	Bahia de las Aguilas Caribbean Coast	La Puntilla (Puerto Plata) Amber Coast	La Puntilla (Puerto Plata) Amber Coast	La Puntilla (Puerto Plata) Amber Coast	La Puntilla (Puerto Plata) Amber Coast	La Puntilla (Puerto Plata) Amber Coast	Baorvco Caribbean Coast	Baorvco Caribbean Coast		La Puntilla (Puerto Plata) Amber Coast	La Puntilla (Puerto Plata) Amber Coast	La Puntilla (Puerto Plata) Amber Coast	La Puntilla (Puerto Plata) Amber Coast	Red Beach Caribbean Coast	La Preciosa Amber Coast				Red Beach Caribbean Coast
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	2	1				2
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Rating (10 max)	6	9	9	8	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	5

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