Rubio 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 3.45° S 152.20° E

Issued: 9 am 18 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Rubio sea temperature is

28.0°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 (18 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 11s period with NNE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Rubio at 4PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	10s
Afternoon (18 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	11s
Evening (18 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 29°C on Mon morning, min 26°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sunday 18						Monday 19								Tuesday 20
	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)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	ESE 10	NNE 11	ESE 10	NNE 10	ESE 10	NNE 10	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	NNE 9	E 5	NE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	71	71	32	42	160	35	31	54	35	33	32	32	32	31	32	32	32	31	32	32	43	39
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SE	E	E	ESE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE	E	ESE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross
High Tide					4:31PM0.80m								4:34PM0.74m							4:00PM0.68m
Low Tide		7:48AM0.14m								7:44AM0.15m								7:35AM0.16m				8:40PM0.62m


	5:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:30	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:42	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	26	27	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	28	29	28	27	26	26	26	26	28	28	28	27	26
Feels °C	29	29	29	29	29	30	28	29	29	30	31	30	29	28	29	29	28	31	30	30	30	29
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	E 5	NNE 10	E 5	E 5	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	E 5	E 5	ESE 5	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	NE 9
kJ	71	71	32	32	35	35	18	54	11	11	32	32	32	31	32	12	7	7	32	32	31	39
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 10	NE 10	NNE 11	NNE 11	NE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	NNE 9	NNE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	NNE 9	NNE 9	NE 9	ESE 10	ENE 11	NNW 10	ESE 9
kJ	25	24	25	42	14	31	31	31	35	33	28	28	28	31	31	32	32	21	30	13	11	17
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 4	NNE 12	NE 10	NE 10	ENE 12	NE 10	NNE 10	ENE 12	ESE 9	ESE 9	N 10	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	N 9	N 10	N 11	NNW 10
kJ	3	14	15	15	14	15	19	14	29	29	8	7	6	7	6	31	31	31	7	7	9	10
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 4	E 5	E 5	E 4	ESE 10	ESE 5	S 4	ESE 5	S 4	SSE 3	ESE 5	E 4	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	S 4	S 4	S 3	E 5	ESE 4	E 5	ESE 5
kJ	6	11	7	12	160	29	3	13	1	2	7	15	22	24	20	1	1	1	7	24	43	32
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Tupira Right East Sepik	Nago New Ireland	Kavieng Rights New Ireland	Kavieng Rights New Ireland	Kundu Kundu New Georgia	Tarawai East Sepik	Skull Island New Georgia	Makuti New Georgia	Skull Island New Georgia	Despretes New Georgia	Kundu Kundu New Georgia	Skull Island New Georgia	Despretes New Georgia	Despretes New Georgia	Rubio New Ireland	Rubio New Ireland	Rubio New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Kavieng Rights New Ireland	Aitape Sandaun
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	760	185	185	185	780	994	771	742	771	767	780	771	767	767	0	0	0	185	185	185	185	1095
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Rating (10 max)		1	1	1											1	1	1	1	1	1	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	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	6	7	5	4	4	4	4	5	9	4	5	5	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	5

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