El Canal surfForecast / Amber Coast / Dominican Republic

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 18 Aug 2025 AST
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El Canal surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Canal sea temperature is
29.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at El Canal today?

The current surf forecast for El Canal at 1AM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Aug)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (19 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (19 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

Table - waves today at El Canal. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Monday
18
Tuesday
19
Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
N
1.4
NNW
1.1
NNW
1.3
WNW
1
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.1
NNW
1
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.8
NNW
Period(s) (?)10101081111111111111010101010111111111110101211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)870740615445574580506388296154140109186117158178169221231170132130196170
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
SSE
5
S
5
S
5
S
5
SSW
5
ENE
15
NNW
10
NW
0
W
5
S
5
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
ENE
15
ENE
25
E
10
SSE
10
S
5
S
10
SSE
10
SE
15
E
30
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
glassoffoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffcrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:59PM
0.72
4:41AM
0.43
6:00PM
0.72
5:48AM
0.45
6:56PM
0.73
6:49AM
0.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:40PM
0.21
10:50AM
0.04
12:37AM
0.20
11:51AM
0.05
1:27AM
0.19
12:49PM
0.05
Monday
18
Tuesday
19
Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Sunrise-----6:22-------6:22-------6:22--
Sunset7:07-------7:07-------7:07-------
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Rain (mm)
----------------12------
Temp. °C302828272727313029282726262732333228272625263131
Feels °C (?)343132303030343132333130303035353332303029303331
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Amber Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at El Canal (calm at Puerto Plata IN Airport 4 km from El Canal). 1.3m 7s swell from the WNW with a 1.1m 10s swell from the NNW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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