Rubio 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 3.45° S 152.20° E

Issued: 3 pm 17 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

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 (17 Oct):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Rubio at 8PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

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

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Sat afternoon, min 25°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sat 17				Sunday 18								Monday 19
	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	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)	E 10	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	ESE 5	ESE 5
Wave Graph
kJ	51	51	111	33	102	102	71	33	32	42	40	35	34	54	35	33	32	32	45	39
Wind (km/h)	SSE	ESE	SE	SSE	S	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	E	E	ESE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross
High Tide			4:15PM0.86m								4:31PM0.80m								4:34PM0.74m
Low Tide								7:48AM0.14m								7:44AM0.15m


	—	—	—	—	—	5:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:30	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	5:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:42	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	28	28	26	26	25	25	26	27	28	28	27	26	26	26	26	28	28	28	27	26
Feels °C	30	29	27	28	26	27	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	29	30	29	30	30	29
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	NE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 10	ESE 5	ESE 5	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	ESE 5
kJ	51	51	29	33	102	102	71	33	32	42	40	35	18	18	35	33	32	32	32	39
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 11	NE 11	ENE 13	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	E 5	NNE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	E 5	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	NNE 9
kJ	41	40	17	28	26	25	25	7	25	32	32	31	34	54	7	28	28	28	28	31
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 4	ENE 13	N 11	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 13	NE 10	NE 10	ENE 12	NE 10	NE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	E 5	N 10	N 9	N 9	ESE 10
kJ	2	17	10	17	17	17	16	24	15	14	15	15	31	31	29	7	8	7	6	31
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 4	ESE 3	ESE 10	ESE 5	S 4	S 4	S 4	SSE 3	E 5	ESE 5	ESE 4	ESE 5	SSE 3	SSE 4	S 4	S 4	E 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	—
kJ	3	5	111	33	18	12	5	2	7	17	21	22	6	7	2	2	13	28	45	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Rubio New Ireland	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	Kavieng Rights New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Tarawai East Sepik	Tupira Right East Sepik	Tupira Right East Sepik	Despretes New Georgia	Kavieng Rights New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Mbirimbiri New Georgia	Skull Island New Georgia	Nago New Ireland	Skull Island New Georgia	Despretes New Georgia	Kundu Kundu New Georgia	Despretes New Georgia	Despretes New Georgia	Despretes New Georgia
Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	2
Distance (km)	0	2752	185	185	994	760	760	767	185	185	185	774	771	185	771	767	780	767	767	767
Best forecast wave conditions in New Ireland	Nago		Edmago	Nago					Edmago	Nago	Edmago			Nago
Rating (10 max)	1		1	1					1	1	1			1
Best forecast wave conditions in Papua New Guinea	Nago New Ireland		Edmago New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Lidos Right Sandaun	Tupira Right East Sepik	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Edmago New Ireland	Nago New Ireland	Edmago New Ireland	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun	Nago New Ireland	Lidos Right Sandaun	Lidos Right Sandaun				Aitape Sandaun
Rating (10 max)	1		1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1				1
Header Global	Afife Portugal	Kaka Point New Zealand	Rio Nexpa Mexico	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Nugget Point New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Papatowai New Zealand	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Lebu Chile	Brims Ness United Kingdom
Rating (10 max)	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	4	4	4	4	9	4	4	5	5

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