El Canal surfForecast / Amber Coast / Dominican Republic

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 12 Apr 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
27.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at El Canal today?

The current surf forecast for El Canal at 2PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)5ft (1.5m)11s
Afternoon (12 Apr)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (12 Apr)5ft (1.6m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
1
1
1
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
N
1.5
N
1.4
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.4
NNE
1.4
NNE
1.4
NNE
1.3
NNE
Period(s) (?)11111111111110101010109999999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)525545478485541531511424416399383352400442446380380388397351308301318262
Wind
(km/h)
0
WSW
0
NW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
SSW
0
SSE
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
SE
5
S
5
SE
10
ESE
15
E
15
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:26AM
0.61
4:48PM
0.48
5:15AM
0.61
5:42PM
0.55
6:01AM
0.61
6:32PM
0.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:06AM
0.22
10:46PM
0.20
11:43AM
0.20
11:47PM
0.19
12:18PM
0.16
12:44AM
0.17
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
Sunrise-6:26-------6:26-------6:24------
Sunset----6:59-------6:59-------6:59---
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--12232--2212431------21
Temp. °C232425252624242323242526252323212223252626242423
Feels °C (?)272827272826272626282727272525232525262627262726
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