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El Canal surfForecast / Amber Coast / Dominican Republic

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 14 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
27.3° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at El Canal today?

The current surf forecast for El Canal at 6AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
11 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)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NE
0.5
N
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.7
N
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)9101010910101010999999999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5948908963141125120117797878127127184180150122122122122122122122
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
E
20
ENE
20
E
15
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
5
S
10
ESE
15
ENE
15
E
10
S
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		crosscrossoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassoncross-
on		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:54AM
0.63
5:17PM
0.38
6:41AM
0.65
6:09PM
0.38
7:26AM
0.67
6:59PM
0.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:37PM
0.11
12:32PM
0.25
11:23PM
0.10
1:21PM
0.23
12:09AM
0.09
2:04PM
0.22
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise---7:18-------7:18-------7:18----
Sunset------6:22-------6:22-------6:23-
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------1------1-
Temp. °C232221212528262423222122272929262524232426262525
Feels °C (?)242422222426262525242324283030292726252628272828
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