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El Canal surfForecast / Amber Coast / Dominican Republic

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 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
27.5° C
 (Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Canal today?

The current surf forecast for El Canal at 12AM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)--
Afternoon (08 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (08 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
NNE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
1.1
ENE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)81313131313121212121212688666666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14414014013813613296100969071838073726987879093120128132141
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
5
SE
5
ESE
10
SE
15
ESE
20
E
15
E
10
E
15
E
15
E
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:22AM
0.58
12:37PM
0.65
1:20AM
0.59
1:19PM
0.59
2:17AM
0.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:23PM
0.13
6:20AM
0.16
7:05PM
0.13
7:21AM
0.21
7:47PM
0.13
8:25AM
0.25
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise-----7:18-------7:18-------7:18--
Sunset6:17-------6:17-------6:19-------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----11---12112222223321
Temp. °C262423222423252626242424242425252524242423232526
Feels °C (?)262425242625262526252525262526262625252524242526
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