Rio Mar 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 8.45° N 79.98° W

Issued: 12 pm 21 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Rio Mar sea temperature is

30.0°C

Rio Mar 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 Rio Mar today (21 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 20s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 19s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 18s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Rio Mar at 7PM is: 0.4m 19s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	20s
Afternoon (21 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	19s
Evening (21 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	18s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Fri morning, min 25°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wed 21					Thursday 22								Friday 23
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 20	SSE 20	SSE 19	SSE 19	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	S 15	SSE 18
Wave Graph
kJ	75	127	74	115	107	180	178	176	172	162	153	149	203	201	198	142	142	140	184	109	102
Wind (km/h)	E	SE	SSE	SSE	WSW	E	E	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	NE	NW	NW	NNW	NW	NNW	S	SW	NW	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	on	on	cross-on	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-on	glassy	glassy	glassy	off	off	off	off	glassy	cross-on	glassy	glassy	glassy
High Tide		11:53AM3.17m				00:29AM3.41m				12:52PM3.36m					1:17AM3.68m				1:41PM3.61m
Low Tide				6:09PM1.38m				6:48AM1.35m					7:03PM1.19m				7:36AM1.04m				7:48PM0.96m


	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	6:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:00	—	—
mm	1	—	2	4	3	2	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	5	2	—
Temp °C	27	28	28	27	27	26	25	26	27	28	28	27	26	26	26	26	29	29	29	28	27
Feels °C	32	32	32	31	32	31	29	31	31	33	32	31	30	29	30	30	34	33	34	33	31
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	S 15	SSE 14
kJ	65	64	65	66	66	180	178	176	172	162	153	149	203	201	198	142	142	140	184	109	69
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 20	SSE 20	SSE 19	SSE 19	SSE 18	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 19	SSE 20	S 10	S 5	SSE 18	SSE 18
kJ	75	127	74	115	107	66	65	59	33	33	33	33	1	1	1	74	37	8	1	103	102
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	—	—	S 6	SSE 7	—	SE 4	SE 4	SE 3	S 6	S 6	SSE 20	SSE 4	SE 4	SE 20	SE 4	S 6	S 6
kJ	6	5	4	4	—	—	3	9	—	2	2	2	3	3	38	1	1	15	1	2	1
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SW 5	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	145	139	7	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	75	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	4			1	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	1	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	1	4	4
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