Rio Mar 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 8.45° N 79.98° W

Issued: 6 pm 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Rio Mar sea temperature is

30.2°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 (09 Oct):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 19s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 14s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Rio Mar at 11PM is: 0.3m 18s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (09 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	19s
Evening (09 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 43mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Fri afternoon, min 26°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Fri 9			Saturday 10								Sunday 11
	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
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 15	SSE 19	SSE 14	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	S 13	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15
Wave Graph
kJ	74	74	41	61	104	104	104	104	60	53	51	50	54	51	84	83	76	72	72
Wind (km/h)	SSE	NE	N	NNW	NNW	N	ENE	ESE	SE	W	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NW	S	SSE	NNW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	off	off	off	off	glassy	cross-on	glassy	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	2:56PM4.17m				3:14AM4.43m				3:38PM4.29m				3:53AM4.51m					4:17PM4.34m
Low Tide			9:01PM0.46m				9:28AM0.28m				9:41PM0.38m					10:06AM0.17m


	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—
	6:06	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:06	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—
mm	—	1	—	1	1	2	3	3	2	1	1	5	2	—	—	4	7	4	—
Temp °C	29	28	27	27	27	27	29	29	29	28	27	26	27	27	29	29	28	27	26
Feels °C	34	32	31	31	31	31	34	34	34	33	31	29	31	31	34	33	33	31	30
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	S 13	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15
kJ	71	42	41	41	104	104	104	104	60	53	51	50	54	51	84	83	76	72	72
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 19	SSE 19	SSE 19	SSE 18	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 16	SSE 13	SSW 6	S 21	SSE 21	SSE 21	SSE 20
kJ	74	74	35	61	41	41	41	67	34	34	34	17	51	34	4	36	44	42	38
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	SSW 7	S 22	—	S 21	SSW 6	S 6	S 6	S 7
kJ	8	8	8	8	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	—	36	4	3	3	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SW 7	NNW 3	—	NNW 3	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11	3	—	2	—	—	—	—
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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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	4	4	4	4	1	1	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	6	4	5	6	6	8	9	9	8	8	5	5	6	9	5	5

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