Rio Mar 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 8.45° N 79.98° W

Issued: 12 am 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Rio Mar sea temperature is

30.3°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 (11 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 15s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 15s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Rio Mar at 4AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	16s
Afternoon (11 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	15s
Evening (11 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	15s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 56mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Sun morning, min 26°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sunday 11								Monday 12								Tuesday 13
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 16	S 13	S 13	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 19	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 17	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16
Wave Graph
kJ	50	54	55	84	83	76	72	72	71	74	71	65	63	62	61	102	100	97	92	134	132	131	188	131
Wind (km/h)	NW	NNW	NW	NW	SE	NNE	NNW	W	NW	NNW	NW	N	ESE	SSE	ESE	SSE	SSW	WNW	N	ENE	SE	S	S	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	off	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-on	glassy	off	cross-off	glassy	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off
High Tide		3:53AM4.51m					4:17PM4.34m				4:29AM4.50m				4:54PM4.31m				5:05AM4.41m				5:30PM4.20m
Low Tide					10:06AM0.17m				10:19PM0.37m				10:42AM0.15m				10:55PM0.42m				11:17AM0.22m


	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:04	—	—
mm	1	2	2	1	4	9	3	1	3	5	2	1	2	2	3	3	1	1	—	1	2	2	5	6
Temp °C	27	27	27	29	29	29	28	27	27	26	26	28	29	29	27	27	26	26	26	28	28	28	27	26
Feels °C	31	31	31	34	34	34	32	31	31	30	30	32	34	34	32	31	30	30	30	32	32	31	30	29
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 16	S 13	S 13	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 17	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	SE 6
kJ	50	54	55	84	83	76	72	72	71	71	41	40	40	39	61	102	100	97	92	134	132	131	188	52
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 13	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSW 6	S 21	SSE 21	SSE 21	SSE 20	SSE 20	SSE 19	SSE 19	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSW 5	SSW 6	S 6	S 6	SSE 6	—	—	S 16
kJ	17	51	51	4	36	44	42	38	37	74	71	65	63	62	37	36	9	14	7	7	13	—	—	131
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 7	S 22	S 22	S 21	SSW 6	S 6	S 6	S 7	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	S 6	S 5	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SE 4	ESE 4	—	—	S 8
kJ	4	9	9	36	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	3	5	34	34	33	1	1	—	—	22
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	SW 7	WNW 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	WNW 2	WNW 3	—	—	SSE 4	SSE 5	S 6
kJ	—	—	11	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	19	113	58
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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	1	3	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	107	107	75	0
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	1	1	1	1	3	4	1			3	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	1	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	1	2	1	2	3	4	2	1	1	3	2
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