Surf Break

Lat Long: 19.76° N 70.52° W

El Canal 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 05 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Canal sea temperature is
29.8°C
1.0° 

El Canal surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at El Canal today (05 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for El Canal at 1PM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (05 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (05 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 30°C on Mon morning, min 25°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.

Monday
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
ENE
6
0.7
ENE
6
0.7
ENE
6
0.7
ENE
6
0.7
E
6
0.7
E
6
0.5
ENE
6
0.8
E
6
0.2
NNE
13
0.6
E
6
0.5
E
6
0.5
E
6
0.5
E
6
0.6
E
7
0.6
E
6
0.4
ENE
6
0.4
ENE
7
0.4
E
7
0.4
E
7
0.6
E
7
0.8
E
7
1
E
4
0.1
NE
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
43
35
36
36
35
34
19
39
18
24
18
18
20
32
30
13
15
15
16
38
65
36
7
Wind (km/h)
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
ENE
20
ENE
15
E
15
ESE
10
SE
10
S
10
S
5
SSE
10
NE
20
NE
10
ENE
10
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
15
E
25
ENE
20
E
20
ESE
15
SE
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:35AM0.48m
4:29PM0.69m
4:46AM0.53m
5:27PM0.67m
5:49AM0.58m
6:19PM0.66m
Low Tide
9:39AM0.11m
11:02PM0.18m
10:50AM0.12m
11:50PM0.16m
11:56AM0.13m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:33
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:33
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:33
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
—
—
—
6:27
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:25
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:24
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
1
—
—
—
—
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
Temp °C
24
25
30
29
29
27
26
26
25
26
30
30
29
27
26
26
25
26
30
30
30
26
26
Feels °C
27
28
32
30
32
30
30
29
28
30
32
31
33
30
29
29
28
29
31
30
31
28
28
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our El Canal surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest