Rubio 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 3.45° S 152.20° E

Issued: 9 am 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Rubio sea temperature is

27.6°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 (08 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 19s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 18s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 17s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Rubio at 5PM is: 0.4m 17s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+10) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	19s
Afternoon (08 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	18s
Evening (08 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	17s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Thu morning, min 25°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thursday 8						Friday 9								Saturday 10
	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	1	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 13	N 13	NE 18	NE 18	NE 17	NE 16	NE 16	NE 15	NE 15	NE 14	NE 14	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13
Wave Graph
kJ	84	121	113	109	102	169	88	110	212	169	127	126	127	108	105	69	89	89	134	140	46	136
Wind (km/h)	S	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off
High Tide				2:58PM0.71m				2:12AM0.71m				2:51PM0.77m				2:40AM0.65m				2:49PM0.84m
Low Tide		8:31AM0.18m				8:37PM0.39m				8:28AM0.24m				9:02PM0.31m				8:20AM0.29m				9:29PM0.26m


	5:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:33	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	26	26	28	27	26	26	25	25	26	27	28	28	26	26	26	26	26	27	28	28	27	26
Feels °C	27	26	29	29	29	30	28	26	27	28	30	30	29	29	28	28	28	29	30	30	30	28
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 13	N 13	N 13	N 13	N 12	N 12	N 12	NE 15	NE 15	NE 14	NE 14	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 13	NE 13	NE 11	NE 13
kJ	84	121	82	81	80	76	75	110	212	169	119	111	109	108	104	69	89	89	134	140	44	136
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	NE 18	NE 17	NE 16	NE 16	N 12	N 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNW 12	NNE 18	NNW 11	NNE 16	NNW 11	NNE 15	SE 8	ESE 8	NNW 11	NE 13	NNW 11
kJ	33	17	33	109	102	169	88	75	73	47	47	46	127	43	105	42	89	35	40	40	46	23
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 19	NE 19	NE 18	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	NE 20	NE 19	NNE 18	NNE 18	NNW 12	NE 16	NNW 11	ESE 8	ESE 8	NNE 14	NNW 11	ESE 8	NNW 11	E 9
kJ	58	90	113	16	16	32	27	27	97	93	127	126	46	66	42	24	24	82	43	14	40	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 3	SSE 3	—	SE 2	SE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	S 4	SE 9	SSE 3	SSE 3	ESE 9	ESE 6	SE 9	SSE 4	SSE 4	S 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	ESE 6	ESE 6	SE 5
kJ	2	1	—	1	5	10	5	3	40	3	2	31	20	93	22	12	7	5	2	27	40	54
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1
Distance (km)	185	98	0	0	98	184	0	184	184	184	0	0	184	0	184	98	184	184	0	185	184	184
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1
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