Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at El Canal today (20 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 12s period with N swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 12s period with N swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 12s period with N swell.
The current surf forecast for El Canal at 4PM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a North direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (AST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Oct) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (20 Oct) | 6ft (1.9m) | 12s |
| Evening (20 Oct) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at El Canal. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 29mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 29°C on Tue afternoon, min 23°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 20 | Wednesday 21 | Thursday 22 | |||||||||||||||||||
11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 12 | N 12 | N 12 | N 12 | N 11 | N 11 | N 11 | N 10 | N 11 | N 10 | N 10 | N 11 | N 11 | N 11 | N 11 | N 11 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1170 | 1036 | 1002 | 776 | 724 | 621 | 546 | 367 | 326 | 264 | 218 | 235 | 235 | 279 | 274 | 269 | 259 | 254 | 206 | 206 | 206 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | glassy | on | on | on | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | off | cross-off |
High Tide | 4:09PM0.59m | 4:39AM0.49m | 4:55PM0.58m | 5:29AM0.55m | 5:39PM0.58m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:34AM0.22m | 10:46PM0.22m | 10:36AM0.22m | 11:22PM0.20m | 11:35AM0.21m | ||||||||||||||||
 |  |  |  |  | |  | | | | |  |  | | | | | | | |  | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:13 | — | — |
mm | — | — | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 5 | 1 |
Temp °C | 29 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 24 |
Feels °C | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 32 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 27 | 26 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 12 | N 12 | N 12 | N 12 | N 11 | N 11 | N 11 | N 10 | N 11 | N 10 | N 10 | N 11 | N 11 | N 11 | N 11 | N 11 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 |
| kJ | 1170 | 1036 | 1002 | 776 | 724 | 621 | 546 | 367 | 326 | 264 | 218 | 235 | 235 | 279 | 274 | 269 | 259 | 254 | 206 | 206 | 206 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | E 9 | NE 14 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | ESE 4 | N 14 | N 11 | NNE 11 | NNE 11 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | NNE 9 | N 13 | N 14 |
| kJ | 24 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 142 | 86 | 135 | 119 | 116 | 114 | 56 | 56 | 80 | 59 | 58 | 58 | 128 | 183 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | NE 13 | E 8 | E 8 | N 15 | N 11 | E 4 | E 4 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 7 | N 13 | NE 10 | NE 10 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 62 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 84 | 44 | 47 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | ENE 8 | E 8 | E 4 | E 4 | ESE 4 | SE 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ESE 3 | SE 4 | SE 4 |
| kJ | — | 24 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 19 | 27 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 288 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 48 | 286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 48 | 0 |
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