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Aviones

NWS San Juan · PRZ001; official reef-face range: 3–3 ft

Updated Tue, Sep 22, 7:40 PM AST

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Plan around the wind

The best available upcoming daylight wind sample to compare with the wave evidence. This compares wind only; wave size, tide suitability, and hazards can change your choice.

No upcoming daytime sample has current, finite wind evidence.

How these periods are chosen

The planner prefers three consecutive hourly samples covering two daylight hours, but retains shorter one- or two-sample evidence when that is all the forecast provides. Light wind means at most 6 kt. Moderate offshore means at most 12 kt from land toward the sea when shore orientation is verified. Strong wind or known gusts of 20 kt or more remain visible as cautions instead of making the entire comparison disappear. These are comparison labels, not locally tested surf-quality or safety ratings. Missing gusts remain unknown. Terrain shelter, currents, closures, and your ability are not assessed.

Forecast confidence

Returned marine grid point is 10.2 km from the mapped spot. Provider grid resolution is not established for this response.
Reference model hour: 0 hours from now; historical residuals do not measure forecast lead-time error.
No accepted local model for these inputs: missing history, unsupported direction/period/height, or failed historical validation.
A mapped coordinate does not establish nearshore grid resolution or terrain/shelter accuracy.

Wind ESE 6.4 kt

Tide 1.5 ft falling

Wave, wind and tide details

Offshore model swellNE 1.1 ft @ 6sValid 2026-09-22 20:00 · America/Puerto_RicoMarine grid 18.5417, -65.9583 · offshore model, not a local measurement

Offshore model sea1.8 ft @ 6.7sSignificant wave height including wind waves and swell; not breaking surfValid 2026-09-22 20:00 · America/Puerto_Rico

Model windESE 6.4 ktcross-shoreValid 2026-09-22 20:00 · America/Puerto_Rico1.5 kt offshore component

Tide1.5 ftfallingNOAA San Juan, La Puntilla, San Juan Bay 9755371 · 16.5 km from Aviones · predicted height relative to MLLWRetrieved Sep 22, 7:46 PM AST · provider issue time unavailable75% of adjacent local low–high range · descriptive, not a safety rating

NWS San Juan · PRZ001

Rip Current Risk*...........Low. Surf Height.................Around 3 feet. Weather.....................Mostly sunny until 12 PM, then mostly cloudy. Numerous showers with isolated thunderstorms. Winds.......................East winds 5 to 10 mph.

TODAYOfficial breaking-surf height for San Juan and Vicinity PR; forecast-zone range, not a calibrated break transformationIssued Sep 22, 3:43 AM AST

PR2 · assigned to Aviones, Pine Grove1.7 ft @ 8sCARICOOS measured significant wave height (Hs) at a checked same-exposure buoy; not breaking-wave face heightObserved Sep 22, 7:00 PM AST

Surf height unavailable. Coastal and offshore waves are not breaking-wave heights.

Surf and wind

Recommended window: No recommended window

Breaking surf is not reliably resolved. Hourly offshore swell and wind inputs are listed below.

Hourly forecast

Hourly surf forecast for Aviones
Time	Wind	Tide	Offshore swell
12 AM	S 3.2 ktoffshore	1 ftnear low	NE 1.2 ft @ 6s
1 AM	SSW 3.2 ktoffshore	1 ftrising	NE 1.3 ft @ 6s
2 AM	SSW 2.2 ktoffshore	1 ftrising	NE 1.3 ft @ 6s
3 AM	S 2.1 ktoffshore	1 ftrising	NE 1.3 ft @ 6s
4 AM	S 2.3 ktoffshore	1 ftrising	NE 1.4 ft @ 6s
5 AM	SSE 3.1 ktoffshore	1 ftfalling	NE 1.4 ft @ 6s
6 AM	SE 3.8 ktoffshore	1 ftfalling	NE 1.4 ft @ 6s
7 AM	SE 3.8 ktoffshore	1 ftfalling	NE 1.3 ft @ 6s
8 AM	ESE 3.4 ktcross-shore	0.5 ftfalling	NE 1.3 ft @ 6s
9 AM	E 4.8 ktcross-shore	0.5 ftfalling	NE 1.2 ft @ 6s
10 AM	E 7 ktcross-shore	0.5 ftfalling	NE 1.0 ft @ 6s
11 AM	ENE 8.8 ktcross-shore	0.5 ftnear low	NNE 0.9 ft @ 6s
Noon	ENE 10.7 ktcross-shore	0.5 ftrising	NE 0.9 ft @ 6s
1 PM	ENE 10.9 ktcross-shore	0.5 ftrising	NE 0.9 ft @ 6s
2 PM	ENE 11.8 ktcross-shore	1 ftrising	NE 1.0 ft @ 7s
3 PM	ESE 9.1 ktcross-shore	1 ftrising	NE 1.0 ft @ 7s
4 PM	E 8.8 ktcross-shore	1 ftrising	NE 1.1 ft @ 7s
5 PM	E 8.8 ktcross-shore	1.5 ftrising	NE 1.1 ft @ 7s
6 PM	E 8.5 ktcross-shore	1.5 ftnear high	NE 1.1 ft @ 7s
7 PM	ESE 8.1 ktcross-shore	1.5 ftfalling	NE 1.1 ft @ 6s
8 PM	ESE 6.4 ktcross-shore	1.5 ftfalling	NE 1.1 ft @ 6s
9 PM	ESE 6.2 ktcross-shore	1.5 ftfalling	NE 1.1 ft @ 6s
10 PM	ESE 7 ktcross-shore	1 ftfalling	NE 1.1 ft @ 6s
11 PM	ESE 6 ktcross-shore	1 ftfalling	NE 1.1 ft @ 6s

12 AMUnavailable

WindS 3.2 ktoffshoreTide1 ftnear lowOffshore swellNE 1.2 ft @ 6s

1 AMUnavailable

WindSSW 3.2 ktoffshoreTide1 ftrisingOffshore swellNE 1.3 ft @ 6s

2 AMUnavailable

WindSSW 2.2 ktoffshoreTide1 ftrisingOffshore swellNE 1.3 ft @ 6s

3 AMUnavailable

WindS 2.1 ktoffshoreTide1 ftrisingOffshore swellNE 1.3 ft @ 6s

4 AMUnavailable

WindS 2.3 ktoffshoreTide1 ftrisingOffshore swellNE 1.4 ft @ 6s

5 AMUnavailable

WindSSE 3.1 ktoffshoreTide1 ftfallingOffshore swellNE 1.4 ft @ 6s

6 AMUnavailable

WindSE 3.8 ktoffshoreTide1 ftfallingOffshore swellNE 1.4 ft @ 6s

7 AMUnavailable

WindSE 3.8 ktoffshoreTide1 ftfallingOffshore swellNE 1.3 ft @ 6s

8 AMUnavailable

WindESE 3.4 ktcross-shoreTide0.5 ftfallingOffshore swellNE 1.3 ft @ 6s

9 AMUnavailable

WindE 4.8 ktcross-shoreTide0.5 ftfallingOffshore swellNE 1.2 ft @ 6s

10 AMUnavailable

WindE 7 ktcross-shoreTide0.5 ftfallingOffshore swellNE 1.0 ft @ 6s

11 AMUnavailable

WindENE 8.8 ktcross-shoreTide0.5 ftnear lowOffshore swellNNE 0.9 ft @ 6s

NoonUnavailable

WindENE 10.7 ktcross-shoreTide0.5 ftrisingOffshore swellNE 0.9 ft @ 6s

1 PMUnavailable

WindENE 10.9 ktcross-shoreTide0.5 ftrisingOffshore swellNE 0.9 ft @ 6s

2 PMUnavailable

WindENE 11.8 ktcross-shoreTide1 ftrisingOffshore swellNE 1.0 ft @ 7s

3 PMUnavailable

WindESE 9.1 ktcross-shoreTide1 ftrisingOffshore swellNE 1.0 ft @ 7s

4 PMUnavailable

WindE 8.8 ktcross-shoreTide1 ftrisingOffshore swellNE 1.1 ft @ 7s

5 PMUnavailable

WindE 8.8 ktcross-shoreTide1.5 ftrisingOffshore swellNE 1.1 ft @ 7s

6 PMUnavailable

WindE 8.5 ktcross-shoreTide1.5 ftnear highOffshore swellNE 1.1 ft @ 7s

7 PMUnavailable

WindESE 8.1 ktcross-shoreTide1.5 ftfallingOffshore swellNE 1.1 ft @ 6s

8 PMUnavailable

WindESE 6.4 ktcross-shoreTide1.5 ftfallingOffshore swellNE 1.1 ft @ 6s

9 PMUnavailable

WindESE 6.2 ktcross-shoreTide1.5 ftfallingOffshore swellNE 1.1 ft @ 6s

10 PMUnavailable

WindESE 7 ktcross-shoreTide1 ftfallingOffshore swellNE 1.1 ft @ 6s

11 PMUnavailable

WindESE 6 ktcross-shoreTide1 ftfallingOffshore swellNE 1.1 ft @ 6s

Tide

NOAA San Juan, La Puntilla, San Juan Bay 9755371 · 16.5 km from Aviones · MLLW

Interpolated tide height Recommended window

About this spot

Model-grid forecast requested at the mapped coordinate; reef, headland, and nearshore transformations are unresolved. Reef break.

Mapped spot coordinate: 18.45, -65.96.

Mainland · Coast not verified · Ocean-facing bearing 0° · Location provenance

Model request point: Aviones (18.45, -65.96). Model output times describe valid conditions; the provider does not expose the model run issue time in this response.

Forecast sources

Data coverage 5/6 sources

Source availability is not forecast accuracy. Where an empirical model passes historical testing, its error and interval coverage are shown above. Source count cannot increase that confidence.

Coverage tier A+ · US_PR_VI · spot-level model point

NWS San Juan · PRZ001; official reef-face range3–3 ftCurrent · Sep 22, 3:43 AM AST

NWS San Juan · PRZ001
NWS San Juan · PRZ001; Official breaking-surf height for San Juan and Vicinity PR; forecast-zone range, not a calibrated break transformationCurrentSep 22, 3:43 AM AST
PR2 · assigned to Aviones, Pine Grove
PR2 · assigned to Aviones, Pine Grove; CARICOOS measured significant wave height (Hs) at a checked same-exposure buoy; not breaking-wave face heightCurrentSep 22, 7:00 PM AST
NOAA NDBC real-time station files
NDBC is not duplicated because the assigned CARICOOS feed represents the same local buoy.UnavailableNo source time
NOAA CO-OPS Tides and Currents API
NOAA San Juan, La Puntilla, San Juan Bay 9755371 · 16.5 km from Aviones; predicted high/low events above MLLW, converted to feet. Timestamp is retrieval time; provider issue time is not supplied.CurrentSep 22, 7:46 PM AST
Open-Meteo Marine API
1 of 1 configured model points availableCurrentSep 22, 7:45 PM AST
Open-Meteo Weather API
1 of 1 configured model points availableCurrentSep 22, 7:45 PM AST
Surf-Forecast public pages
Spot discovery and break-specific HTML fallbackNot applicableNo source time
Surfline public spot pages
Break-specific comparison, cams, and metadataNot applicableNo source time

How best guesses are made

Best guesses combine usable wave and wind evidence, with qualitative confidence and specific limitations. A missing tide or local surf-height model does not prevent useful guidance. Tide levels use the named station datum; their effect at this break remains uncertain. Wind direction is relative to the mapped beach orientation, without calibrated terrain or shelter effects. The comparison is a heuristic, not a measured quality rating.