Surf Forecasts:
El Balneario surf forecast from 8 Aug 2026:
- Best quality surf: Monday 10 Aug, 8AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period, W swell with glassy winds.
- Most powerful swell: Monday 10 Aug, 8AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period, W swell with 68 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Monday 10 Aug, 8AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with W swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for El Balneario this week:
The surf forecast for El Balneario over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Monday (Aug 10) at 8AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.9m and 6s period. The wind is predicted to be glassy as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at El Balneario in the next 16 days are 0.9m 6s and forecast to arrive on Monday (Aug 10) at 8AM. Winds are predicted to be glassy at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.4m 3s period and expected on Thursday (Aug 13) at 5PM.
| Wave Type | Time (CEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 8AM (Mon 10th Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) 6s |
| Best Surf | 8AM (Mon 10th Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) 6s |
| Most Powerful | 8AM (Mon 10th Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for El Balneario over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’m not gonna sugarcoat it – El Balneario is looking pretty damn flat for the next two weeks. We’ve got a long stretch of nothing on the horizon, and the first time you might even bother waxing up is Monday the 10th, and even then it’s just barely surfable.
The water’s sitting at about 70°, which is a bit chillier than usual for this time of year, so grab the rubber.
The weekend is a complete write-off. Saturday the 8th is just dribble – 1ft of weak, 6-second slop with next to no energy. Sunday is the same, just a bit of onshore junk. Monday the 10th morning is our first real glimmer: 3ft of short-period swell, but the wind goes dead glassy. It’s clean, but still very ordinary – you’ll be hunting for a waist-high closeout. The energy is still weak. That pretty much sets the tone for the whole first week: nothing over 2ft, short-period, and a lot of onshore wind. A few windows pop up Thursday the 13th and Friday the 14th with clean offshore easterlies, but the swell is still tiny and gutless. You’re looking at soft, weak shoulders, not real waves.
There are a couple of glassy mornings midweek, but they’re even smaller. By the weekend of the 15th and 16th, it’s fading fast. Then the second week turns into a full-on drought. From the 17th on, the swell vanishes, dropping to barely a ripple – 0.3ft to 1ft. You get some clean offshore breezes, but you could stand on a paddleboard and not catch a thing. The energy numbers are laughably low, often in single digits.
Truth is, there is no standout day here. The best of a bad bunch is Monday the 10th, but it’s still just a weak, ordinary wave. If you’re desperate, go then, but don’t expect much. Otherwise, this is a week for the longboard, a lot of patience, or maybe just taking a break until something real shows up. This looks more like a kitesurfing forecast than a surfing one, with all that wind and no swell.
Rusty, signing off.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Sat afternoon, min 22°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 30°C on Thu afternoon, min 22°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 8 | Sunday 9 | Monday 10 | Tuesday 11 | Wednesday 12 | Thursday 13 | Friday 14 | |||||||||||||||
AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 6 | WNW 6 | W 9 | W 6 | W 5 | W 5 | W 6 | W 7 | W 7 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 13 | 12 | 7 | 47 | 21 | 19 | 52 | 43 | 34 | 40 | 28 | 20 | 27 | 20 | 28 | 42 | 60 | 57 | 66 | 52 | 33 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | off | on | on | on | on | glassy | on | on | on | on | glassy | glassy | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | off | on |
High Tide | 11:46AM1.02m | 00:21AM1.07m | 1:05PM1.10m | 1:34AM1.15m | 2:07PM1.20m | 2:32AM1.24m | 2:58PM1.31m | 3:22AM1.32m | 3:44PM1.39m | 4:06AM1.37m | 4:26PM1.44m | 4:48AM1.38m | 5:06PM1.44m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 6:02PM0.37m | 6:45AM0.30m | 7:19PM0.29m | 7:51AM0.22m | 8:20PM0.18m | 8:45AM0.12m | 9:12PM0.08m | 9:31AM0.05m | 9:57PM0.01m | 10:14AM0.01m | 10:40PM-0.02m | 10:54AM-0.00m | 11:20PM-0.01m | ||||||||
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 | 7:33 | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — |
 | — | — | 9:21 | — | — | 9:19 | — | — | 9:17 | — | — | 9:16 | — | — | 9:15 | — | — | 9:15 | — | — | 9:14 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 25 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 30 | 27 | 26 | 29 | 26 |
Feels °C | 26 | 28 | 29 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 28 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 6 | WNW 6 | WNW 6 | W 6 | W 8 | W 5 | W 6 | E 6 | W 7 | W 6 | E 6 | W 6 | W 6 | WNW 6 | WNW 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 |
| kJ | 13 | 12 | 7 | 47 | 5 | 19 | 52 | 3 | 34 | 40 | 1 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 28 | 42 | 60 | 57 | 66 | 52 | 33 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 9 | WNW 9 | W 9 | — | — | WNW 7 | — | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | W 10 | W 10 | WNW 11 | WNW 10 | WNW 5 | W 4 | — | E 5 | E 5 | E 5 | — |
| kJ | 7 | 8 | 6 | — | — | 10 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 7 | — | — | W 11 | — | E 5 | E 6 | E 5 | — | — | — | E 5 | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 2 | E 3 | — | — | W 5 | — | — | W 7 | — | — | W 6 | W 6 | — | — | E 2 | — | E 3 | E 3 | — | — | SW 3 |
| kJ | 1 | 1 | — | — | 21 | — | — | 43 | — | — | 28 | 19 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 246 | 509 | 717 | 258 | 246 | 82 | 0 | 321 | 825 | 246 | 246 | 0 | 236 | 228 | 303 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 816 |
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