Playa del Macao Surf Forecast

/ North East Coast (9 surf breaks) /

Dominican Republic (53 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (18.78° N 68.55° W)

Surf Forecasts

Playa del Macao surfForecast / North East Coast / Dominican Republic

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 18 Aug 2025 AST

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

Today's Playa del Macao sea temperature is 29.5° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Playa del Macao today?

The current surf forecast for Playa del Macao at 7PM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 18). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Aug)	4.5ft (1.4m)	10s
Afternoon (18 Aug)	4ft (1.2m)	10s
Evening (18 Aug)	3.5ft (1.0m)	10s

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

Hourly 12 Days

North East Coast – Dominican-Republic Surf

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	Monday 18					Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	10	11	11	12	11	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	439	396	278	259	268	239	184	158	164	185	186	167	164	169	190	174	210	234	209	253	364	349	384	415
Wind (km/h)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	S	NE	SE	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				5:08PM 0.62			4:27AM 0.34					6:09PM 0.63				5:36AM 0.35				7:04PM 0.63				6:41AM 0.38
Low Tide / height (m)	9:42AM 0.03					11:58PM 0.21			10:45AM 0.03					12:53AM 0.20				11:46AM 0.03				1:40AM 0.20

	Monday 18					Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	-	6:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	30	29	29	28	27	27	27	28	30	31	30	28	27	27	27	28	29	31	30	28	27	27	27	27
Feels °C (?)	29	27	29	29	28	29	29	30	29	30	30	32	31	31	31	31	30	31	31	32	32	32	33	29

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for North East Coast

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Playa del Macao (fresh winds from the S at Punta Cana International Airport 30 km from Playa del Macao). 1.1m 10s swell from the NNW with a 0.6m 8s swell from the ENE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 45 minutes ago Playa del Macao

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30 km away, 1 h 45 min ago

35 km/h

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29.5

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