Rio Mar 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 8.45° N 79.98° W

Issued: 6 pm 22 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Rio Mar sea temperature is

30.1°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 (23 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 16s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 15s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 18s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Rio Mar at 3AM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 20s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 22). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (23 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	16s
Afternoon (23 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	15s
Evening (23 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	18s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 43mm), heaviest during Sat morning. Warm (max 31°C on Thu afternoon, min 26°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thu 22			Friday 23								Saturday 24
	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	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	S 15	SSE 18	S 14	SSE 15	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 14
Wave Graph
kJ	153	149	203	201	198	142	142	140	184	109	106	106	125	188	196	196	95	73	120
Wind (km/h)	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	S	SSW	SW	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	WNW	SE	E	W	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	off	off	cross-off	off	glassy	cross-on	cross	cross-off	off	off	off	off	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy
High Tide					1:17AM3.68m				1:41PM3.61m				1:59AM3.98m				2:24PM3.88m
Low Tide			7:03PM1.19m				7:36AM1.04m				7:48PM0.96m				8:18AM0.70m				8:30PM0.72m


	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—
	6:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:00	—	—
mm	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	2	4	3	1	3	2	3	5	5	5	4	1
Temp °C	31	28	27	27	27	27	29	29	29	28	27	27	26	26	28	29	28	27	26
Feels °C	36	32	30	31	31	31	34	33	34	33	31	31	29	30	33	34	33	32	30
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	SSE 15	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 14
kJ	153	149	203	201	198	142	142	140	184	109	106	106	125	188	196	196	95	73	120
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 13	SSE 13	S 21	S 6	SSE 20	SSE 19	SSE 20	S 10	S 6	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 17	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSW 12
kJ	33	33	9	3	38	74	37	8	1	103	102	59	3	3	1	1	28	28	28
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 3	SSE 6	S 21	—	S 6	SSW 6	S 5	SE 20	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	1	4	9	—	3	3	2	15	2	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 6	SE 6	SSE 6	WSW 6	WSW 6	N 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	WSW 6	SW 6	—	—	—	—	NNW 2
kJ	10	9	7	3	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	5	—	—	—	—	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
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	75	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	1	1	1	3	4	4	4	2	1	1	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	1	1	2	3	4	4	4	2	1	1	3
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Rating (10 max)	6	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	5

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