Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Refugio State Beach today (08 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 13s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Refugio State Beach at 8PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (08 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (08 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 13s |
| Evening (08 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Refugio State Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 36°C on Wed afternoon, min 21°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 8 | Wednesday 9 | Thursday 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 13 | S 10 | S 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 13 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 16 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 414 | 265 | 171 | 170 | 131 | 98 | 181 | 181 | 219 | 232 | 241 | 302 | 298 | 346 | 419 | 419 | 400 | 367 | 358 | 358 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 8:16PM2.21m | 9:37AM1.78m | 9:05PM2.18m | 10:06AM1.87m | 9:51PM2.09m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:12PM0.94m | 3:12AM0.13m | 3:01PM0.79m | 3:47AM0.20m | 3:48PM0.66m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:14 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 29 | 31 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 30 | 35 | 35 | 36 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 32 | 34 | 33 | 25 | 24 |
Feels °C | 28 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 30 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 32 | 33 | 29 | 22 | 22 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 13 | S 10 | S 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 |
| kJ | 414 | 265 | 171 | 170 | 131 | 87 | 81 | 79 | 57 | 232 | 241 | 302 | 298 | 346 | 419 | 419 | 400 | 367 | 358 | 358 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 18 | SW 18 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SW 16 | S 9 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | WNW 5 | SSW 12 | SW 8 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 |
| kJ | 50 | 81 | 95 | 96 | 67 | 98 | 98 | 96 | 219 | 54 | 55 | 57 | 38 | 39 | 24 | 27 | 47 | 15 | 25 | 23 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 12 | SW 12 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 8 | SSW 7 | SSW 12 | SW 7 | NW 12 |
| kJ | 6 | 6 | 75 | 95 | 94 | 66 | 181 | 181 | 65 | 60 | 57 | 29 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 24 | 11 | 27 | 14 | 37 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 8 | WNW 4 | WNW 8 | NW 4 | NW 4 | NW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 5 | WNW 5 | WNW 5 | NW 5 | WNW 5 | WNW 5 | WNW 5 | WNW 5 |
| kJ | 37 | 8 | 43 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 28 | 38 | 56 | 61 | 50 | 79 | 32 | 102 | 94 | 94 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 293 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 0 |
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