Rio Mar 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 8.45° N 79.98° W

Issued: 12 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

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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 (08 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Rio Mar at 5PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	16s
Afternoon (08 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	16s
Evening (08 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	16s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 31mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Thu morning, min 26°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thu 8					Friday 9								Saturday 10
	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	0	1	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 21	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 19	SSE 19	SSE 15	SSE 19	SSE 14	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 16	SSE 16
Wave Graph
kJ	87	86	85	90	90	83	82	80	125	125	74	74	41	61	104	104	104	104	60	53	51
Wind (km/h)	E	SE	SSE	SSW	W	NW	NNE	NNW	SE	SE	ESE	NE	NW	NNW	NNW	N	ESE	SSE	ESE	NNW	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	on	on	cross-on	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	on	on	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-off	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	off
High Tide			2:08PM3.98m				2:32AM4.27m				2:56PM4.17m				3:14AM4.43m				3:38PM4.29m
Low Tide	7:59AM0.73m				8:17PM0.61m				8:46AM0.47m				9:01PM0.46m				9:28AM0.28m				9:41PM0.38m


	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:06	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:06	—	—
mm	—	2	3	5	2	1	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	4	2	3
Temp °C	29	29	28	28	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	29	29	29	28	27
Feels °C	34	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	32	33	33	31	32	31	32	34	34	34	33	31
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	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 16	SSE 16
kJ	87	86	85	50	84	83	82	80	76	73	71	42	41	41	104	104	104	104	60	53	51
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 21	SSE 21	S 11	S 11	SSE 19	SSE 19	SSE 19	SSE 19	SSE 19	SSE 19	SSE 18	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13
kJ	27	27	26	90	90	9	9	74	125	125	74	74	35	61	41	41	41	67	34	34	34
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	S 6	SSE 21	SSE 11	S 11	SSE 21	S 6	S 11	SSE 11	S 6	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	SSW 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7
kJ	3	3	45	12	9	45	3	9	11	1	8	8	8	8	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NNW 2
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	206	82	75	0	0	0	0	17	580	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	3		1	1	1	4	4	4	4		1	1	4	3	4	4	1	1	1	1	3
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	1	1	2	4	4	4	4		1	1	4	3	4	4	3	1	1	1	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	7	5	5	6	4	7	7	8	7	9	5

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