Rubio 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 3.45° S 152.20° E

Issued: 9 pm 15 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Rubio sea temperature is

28.9° C

Rubio 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 Rubio today (16 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Rubio at 2AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm July 15). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s
Afternoon (16 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	9s
Evening (16 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 28°C on Thu morning, min 26°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Wed 15		Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	ESE 8	ENE 10	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	21	22	21	20	20	20	20	16	16	16	22	23	22	22	22	22	22	23	14	18	22	22	22	22
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	S	S	S	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				3:37AM1.06m								4:00AM0.98m									4:10AM0.88m
Low Tide							12:09PM0.03m								12:21PM0.13m								12:12PM0.22m


	—	—	—	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:58	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	27	27	27	27	26	27	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	27	28	28	27	26	27	26	27	27	28	28
Feels °C	27	27	26	26	24	25	27	25	25	26	26	26	25	25	27	28	28	24	25	24	26	26	28	28
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	NE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8
kJ	21	21	21	13	13	12	20	16	16	16	22	23	22	22	22	22	22	15	14	14	22	22	22	22
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 5	ESE 8	ESE 8	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 9	SW 6	ESE 5	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	WSW 5	ESE 9	NE 9	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9
kJ	1	22	13	20	20	20	13	13	2	6	5	7	7	6	6	3	16	23	9	18	8	8	8	17
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 9	W 5	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 8	N 8	N 8	N 8	ESE 8	SW 6	N 8	E 5	E 11	ESE 11	N 8	N 8	N 8	N 8	N 8	N 8	N 7	N 7	SW 5
kJ	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	14	6	1	2	2	11	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	1
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 4	SSE 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 6	S 5	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 5	S 4	S 5	S 4	S 4	S 4	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 4	S 4	SSE 4
kJ	37	64	88	104	131	136	78	91	214	50	16	51	33	19	27	80	136	106	75	61	34	16	11	11
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Skull Island New Georgia	Skull Island New Georgia	Kundu Kundu New Georgia	Simberi Island New Ireland	Simberi Island New Ireland	Tupira Right East Sepik	Naa Gilbert Islands	La Roche Percee (Bonhomme de Bourail) New-Caledonia	Tank Beach Saipan	Tank Beach Saipan	Tupira Right East Sepik	Pickop's Point Guam	Simberi Island New Ireland	Tank Beach Saipan	Tank Beach Saipan	Pickop's Point Guam	Simberi Island New Ireland	Talofofo/The Bay Guam	Pickop's Point Guam	Tank Beach Saipan	Talofofo/The Bay Guam	Bird Island Saipan	Simberi Island New Ireland	Simberi Island New Ireland
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	771	771	780	98	98	760	2376	2475	2199	2199	760	2040	98	2199	2199	2040	98	2039	2040	2199	2039	2198	98	98
Best forecast wave conditions in New Ireland				Simberi Island	Simberi Island								Simberi Island				Simberi Island						Simberi Island	Simberi Island
Rating (10 max)				1	1								1				1						1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in Papua New Guinea				Simberi Island New Ireland	Simberi Island New Ireland	Tupira Right East Sepik					Lidos Right Sandaun		Simberi Island New Ireland				Simberi Island New Ireland						Simberi Island New Ireland	Simberi Island New Ireland
Rating (10 max)				1	1	1					1		1				1						1	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	9	5	5	5	5	5	8	5	5	5	6	6	6	8	9	6	6	6	5	7	9	8

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