San Rafael Surf Forecast

/ Caribbean Coast (23 surf breaks) /

Dominican Republic (53 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (17.82° N 71.31° W)

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San Rafael surfForecast / Caribbean Coast / Dominican Republic

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 AST

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San Rafael surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's San Rafael sea temperature is 30.1° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at San Rafael today?

The current surf forecast for San Rafael at 8PM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	6s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	6s
Evening (17 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	6s

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

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	Wednesday 17					Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	SE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	92	92	69	48	37	36	19	25	13	15	10	6	13	12	12	12	12	11	5	11	5	20	19	18
Wind (km/h)	E	E	ESE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ESE	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ESE	SE	SE	NNE	NNE	NE	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	8:45AM 0.06				8:32PM 0.27				8:48AM 0.08				9:04PM 0.25				9:11AM 0.11				9:32PM 0.22
Low Tide / height (m)		11:39AM 0.04						5:29AM 0.07		12:29PM 0.06						5:30AM 0.10		1:17PM 0.08						5:02AM 0.12

	Wednesday 17					Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	30	30	30	28	28	27	27	28	29	30	29	28	27	27	27	27	29	29	29	27	27	27	26	27
Feels °C (?)	30	30	32	32	31	29	29	30	30	32	32	32	31	31	30	30	31	31	32	32	32	32	30	31

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Caribbean Coast

Wind Update Wind reports 48 km away suggest it is still onshore at San Rafael (moderate winds from the SE at Barahona Airport). 1.1m 6s windswell from the E with a 1.0m 6s windswell from the ESE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 54 minutes ago San Rafael

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48 km away, 1 h 54 min ago

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30.1

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