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El Canal surfForecast / Amber Coast / Dominican Republic

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 08 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
27.4° 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: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (08 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (08 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
ENE
0.7
N
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)13131212121212126866666666677777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)136132961008990717163696179100127126152152157167158170186170158
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
E
20
E
20
E
15
E
20
E
15
E
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
20
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:37PM
0.65
1:20AM
0.59
1:19PM
0.59
2:17AM
0.60
2:01PM
0.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:20AM
0.16
7:05PM
0.13
7:21AM
0.21
7:47PM
0.13
8:25AM
0.25
8:28PM
0.13
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise-7:18-------7:18-------7:18------
Sunset----6:17-------6:19-------6:20---
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--11--11114443332221--13
Temp. °C232325262624252424242525252424232323252625242324
Feels °C (?)242426262625252525252626252525242424252625252425
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