Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Rio Claro today (26 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 14s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 13s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Rio Claro at 11PM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (26 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (26 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 14s |
| Evening (26 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Rio Claro. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 61mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 29°C on Sat afternoon, min 24°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Sat 26 | Sunday 27 | Monday 28 | |||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 16 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 304 | 299 | 295 | 335 | 286 | 286 | 282 | 282 | 277 | 231 | 193 | 190 | 184 | 181 | 144 | 118 | 141 | 116 | 121 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross | cross-off | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross |
High Tide | 2:29PM2.73m | 2:45AM2.95m | 3:07PM2.82m | 3:21AM3.06m | 3:45PM2.87m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:33PM0.36m | 8:59AM0.24m | 9:09PM0.27m | 9:37AM0.13m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:27 | — | — |
mm | — | 3 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Temp °C | 29 | 27 | 27 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 |
Feels °C | 32 | 31 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 32 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 13 | SW 13 | WSW 6 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 |
| kJ | 304 | 299 | 295 | 335 | 50 | 64 | 282 | 282 | 77 | 231 | 193 | 190 | 184 | 181 | 144 | 118 | 141 | 116 | 116 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SW 6 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 13 | SW 17 | S 11 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 11 | W 7 | S 10 | W 10 | W 9 |
| kJ | 30 | 33 | 32 | 40 | 286 | 286 | 43 | 40 | 277 | 104 | 84 | 33 | 29 | 30 | 79 | 23 | 72 | 48 | 41 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 9 | W 9 | W 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | W 10 | W 6 | W 6 | S 11 | S 11 | SW 17 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 16 | SSW 6 | SW 19 | SSW 15 | SW 16 |
| kJ | 41 | 41 | 48 | 55 | 55 | 47 | 36 | 38 | 38 | 37 | 103 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 100 | 13 | 96 | 87 | 121 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | — | W 5 | WSW 6 | — | — | — | — | W 6 | W 6 | — | — | — | — | — | W 7 | — | — |
| kJ | 12 | 12 | — | 2 | 81 | — | — | — | — | 55 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 316 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 199 | 35 | 35 |
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