Secret spot?We can hide it! El Canal Surf Forecast / Dominican Republic6 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 19 pm Sunday 03 Jun 2012El Canal surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots. |
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| Largest waves (m) & direction (?) |
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| Period (s) (?) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
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| Max-energy | 50 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 41 | 40 | 36 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 32 | 14 | 23 | 47 | 42 | 79 | 63 | 68 | ||||||
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| Wind State (?) | glass | glass | cross- on |
cross- off |
cross- off |
cross | cross- off |
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cross | cross- off |
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cross | cross- off |
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cross | off | cross- off |
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at El Canal blow from the S
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High Tide / height (m) |
8:27PM 0.86 |
7:46AM 0.39 |
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9:21PM 0.86 |
8:45AM 0.39 |
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10:14PM 0.85 |
9:45AM 0.40 |
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11:05PM 0.81 |
10:47AM 0.41 |
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11:54PM 0.76 |
11:51AM 0.43 |
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12:40AM 0.70 |
12:57PM 0.45 |
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Low Tide / height (m) |
2:57AM 0.12 |
1:54PM -0.22 |
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3:52AM 0.11 |
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2:49PM -0.21 |
4:45AM 0.10 |
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3:45PM -0.16 |
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5:35AM 0.09 |
4:41PM -0.10 |
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6:23AM 0.09 |
5:39PM -0.03 |
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7:09AM 0.07 |
6:40PM 0.05 |
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Note: the tide data above is for Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic which is 20 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for El Canal. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph. |
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Today's El Canal sea temperature is 27.9 °C (Statistics for 03 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 27.7 max: 28.4 min: 27.1 °C) |
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| Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Very warm air temperatures (max 30°C on Tue afternoon, min 25°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon morning, fresh winds from the E by Wed afternoon). | Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very warm air temperatures (max 31°C on Fri afternoon, min 26°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ESE on Wed night, light winds from the SE by Sat morning). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Summary | clear | clear | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | clear | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | clear | rain shwrs | ||||||
| Rain (mm) | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | ||||||
| High °C | 27 | 28 | 29 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 30 | ||||||
| Low °C | 25 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 30 | 25 | 25 | 29 | 26 | 26 | 30 | 26 | 26 | 30 | 26 | 26 | 28 | ||||||
| Chill °C (?) | 27 | 28 | 29 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 30 | ||||||
| Sunrise | - | 6:01 | - | - | 6:01 | - | - | 6:01 | - | - | 6:01 | - | - | 6:01 | - | - | 6:01 | - | ||||||
| Sunset | - | - | 19:17 | - | - | 19:19 | - | - | 19:19 | - | - | 19:19 | - | - | 19:20 | - | - | 19:20 | ||||||
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Free Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our El Canal surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site…. Click here to get the code.
View detailed surf forecast for El Canal at:
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Information about the El Canal Surf forecast
The above surf forecast table for El Canal provides essential information for determining whether the surfing conditions will be good over the next 6 days. A general guide to surfing at El Canal can be found by selecting the local surf guide option on the grey menu. Our El Canal surf forecast is unique since it includes wave energy (power) that defines the real feel of the surf rather than just the height or the period. If you surf the same spot (El Canal) regularly then make a mental note of the wave energy from the surf forecast table each time you go. Very soon you may start to choose your surf days based on the wave energy alone combined with our forecast of favourable offshore wind conditions. Our star ratings will help here and of course you will also find the usual wave height and period predictions on our surf forecasts as well as a full break down of the swell components under our advanced users option (to reveal that, click the little Einstein character under the tide times).
Further information to help with frequently asked questions about our surf forecast for El Canal may be found under the help tab on the top menu and also by moving your mouse over the question marks on the surf forecast table itself. Please always bear in mind that the forecast is for near-shore open water and local factors at each surf break influence the actual breaking wave height, such as the beach / reef profile, water depths offshore and shelter.
El Canal is 18 km (11 miles) from Puerto Plata. If you plan a holiday in Amber Coast, look for hotels and other accommodation in Puerto Plata. Puerto Plata has rooms for a wide range of budgets as well as car hire and transport links.
