The Colonia 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 18.94° N 104.11° W

Issued: 11 am 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Colonia sea temperature is

30.5°C

The Colonia 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 The Colonia today (08 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 16s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 16s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Colonia at 4PM is: 1.4m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Oct)	5ft (1.5m)	16s
Afternoon (08 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	16s
Evening (08 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	16s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 169mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 30°C on Thu morning, min 23°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Sat night).
	Thu 8					Friday 9								Saturday 10
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 15	SSW 15	SSE 10	SSE 10	S 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 13	SSW 13	SW 13	SW 13
Wave Graph
kJ	1141	1005	1005	1005	993	860	730	815	725	1797	3377	3781	3809	4462	4429	4626	5326	6699	6542	5381	5809
Wind (km/h)	N	WSW	S	ESE	E	E	E	NE	ENE	SE	ENE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	glassy	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off
High Tide	8:28AM0.90m				8:38PM0.88m				8:39AM0.91m					9:08PM0.87m			8:51AM0.92m
Low Tide			2:38PM0.23m				2:41AM0.26m				2:59PM0.17m				2:59AM0.31m					3:21PM0.14m


	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	6:38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—
mm	—	—	3	3	3	3	1	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	2	4	6	5	7	12	16
Temp °C	27	30	28	26	25	25	25	25	26	27	25	26	26	26	24	23	24	24	23	23	23
Feels °C	31	34	32	30	29	29	29	29	30	31	28	29	29	29	25	25	25	26	24	24	23
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 13	SSW 13	SW 13	SW 13
kJ	1141	1005	1005	1005	551	599	566	815	725	1797	2216	2260	3809	4462	4429	4626	5326	6699	6542	5381	5809
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	W 10	W 11	W 11	SSE 9	SW 16	SW 15	SSW 15	SW 15	SW 14	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	WNW 10	SSW 16	SSE 9	SSW 16
kJ	92	112	154	121	993	860	730	623	614	418	412	476	491	651	768	943	276	20	505	784	915
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SE 8	SSW 21	W 11	W 11	W 11	SSW 20	SSW 19	SSW 19	SSW 19	SSW 18	SSW 18	W 10	WNW 10	WNW 10	WNW 10	WNW 10	SW 24	WNW 10	SSW 16	SSW 22
kJ	56	69	521	149	149	112	596	716	716	584	427	404	47	32	31	31	18	22	20	643	94
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	SSE 8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSE 12	SSE 12	—	—	—	SE 8	—	SE 8	SE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8
kJ	—	—	84	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3377	3781	—	—	—	834	—	1009	1618	2009	627
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	4	5	6	4	7	4	8	7	7	2
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