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El Canal ratings
Quality on a good day: 3.0
Consistency of Surf: 3.0
Difficulty Level: 4.0

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Overall: 3.8

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Surf Forecasts
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El Canal Surf Forecast / Amber Coast / Dominican Republic

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 28 May 2023 AST
Forecast update in  hr  min  s Update imminent 
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 28.6 °C (Statistics for 28 May 1981-2005 - mean: 27.5 max: 28.3 min: 26.8 °C)
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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 28.6 °C (Statistics for 28 May 1981-2005 - mean: 27.5 max: 28.3 min: 26.8 °C)

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Amber Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at El Canal (fresh winds from the ENE at Puerto Plata IN Airport 4 km from El Canal).

    2 hours 43 minutes ago El Canal
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2 h 43 min ago

Moderate
32 km/h
ENE
Cross-On
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How big are the waves at El Canal today?

The current surf forecast for El Canal at 5PM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 May)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (28 May)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (28 May)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

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

Hourly12 daysAmber Coast Surf
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Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
3
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
0.5
N
1.3
E
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.6
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.4
ENE
0.8
E
0.2
ENE
1.4
E
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.9
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.1
NE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
Period(s) (?)88888888778588777788888771051010101096666666667666612111155566101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)133161191224217207167133130150359323223610082821111111111186791089109996210111395796652412931413847365552425283224161515151514
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
25
ENE
20
E
15
ESE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
20
E
25
E
25
E
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
E
25
ENE
20
E
20
ESE
10
SE
5
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
E
25
E
30
E
20
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
E
25
ENE
25
E
10
SSE
5
S
5
WSW
5
W
0
SSE
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
5
W
5
SW
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
SW
10
SSE
5
S
15
NW
5
WNW
5
S
5
S
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
NE
5
NNE
10
N
0
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrossoffoffcross-
off		glassglassglasscross-
off		glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off		glasscross-
on		glassoffglassoffglasscross-
on		glassonglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:50PM
0.50
3:42AM
0.55
4:42PM
0.55
4:27AM
0.53
5:30PM
0.61
5:12AM
0.50
6:14PM
0.66
5:58AM
0.48
6:59PM
0.71
6:45AM
0.46
7:45PM
0.75
7:33AM
0.45
8:32PM
0.79
8:23AM
0.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:42AM
0.20
9:43PM
0.26
10:18AM
0.18
10:45PM
0.26
10:52AM
0.16
11:44PM
0.25
11:28AM
0.13
12:39AM
0.22
12:05PM
0.09
1:31AM
0.19
12:46PM
0.05
2:22AM
0.17
1:29PM
0.02
3:13AM
0.15
2:16PM
0.00

Note: the tide data above is calculated at the surf break location.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph
Offshore winds at El Canal blow from the S

Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
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Rain (mm)
--12------331------231-----1-----111-11--------42---------13
Temp. °C302928272625252630282826262525263030292625252425303129282625252630313128272625262729282625252423242626262525252628272726
Feels °C (?)312929302928282931282927282829303130302727292728313029302928282932313231313029313232313029292827273028302929283032323131
Sunrise-------6:01-------6:01-------6:01-------6:01-------6:01-------6:01-------6:01----
Sunset--7:15-------7:15-------7:15-------7:15-------7:16-------7:16-------7:17-------7:17-

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