El Canal Surf Break

Lat Long: 19.76° N 70.52° W

El Canal, Dominican Republic Weather Observations

Issued: 1 pm 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Canal sea temperature is
28.8° C
0.4° 

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

Current weather conditions and live observations for El Canal based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in El Canal right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near El Canal

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

Puerto Plata IN Airport

5 km SW466 m above sea level

2 hours ago
part cloudDry and partly cloudy
5
light winds from the E
(7 km/h at 80°)
29 °C10.0
10.0
few
scattered
broken

Santiago International Airport

38 km S209 m above sea level

1 hour ago
part cloudDry and partly cloudy
10
light winds from the ESE
(11 km/h at 120°)
30 °C10.0
10.0
few
scattered
broken

Mao

59 km SW64 m above sea level

49 minutes ago
dry
10
light winds from the S
(10 km/h at 170°)
25
33 °C-
-
-
-
0

El Catey International Airport

99 km ESE10 m above sea level

2 hours ago
part cloudDry and partly cloudy
15
light winds from the N
(15 km/h at 360°)
Q1016 °C10.0
10.0
few
scattered
scattered

thunderstorm affecting Villa Altagracia

125 km SSE182 m above sea level

2 hours ago
thunderstorm Thunderstorm

(- km/h at -°)
°C


Arroyo Barril Airport

130 km ESE35 m above sea level

2 hours ago
part cloudDry and partly cloudy
10
light winds from the SE
(11 km/h at 130°)
29 °C10.0
10.0
few
broken

La Isabela International Airport

144 km SSE30 m above sea level

2 hours ago
part cloudDry and partly cloudy
20
light winds from the E
(19 km/h at 80°)
32 °C10.0
10.0
broken

Bella Vista wx

157 km SSE50 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
wind obs. (6 kph from 327 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
31 °C-
-
-
-
0

lightning 7km SSW of El Puerto

157 km SE72 m above sea level

2 hours ago
thunderstorm Thunderstorm

(- km/h at -°)
°C


Ensanche Savica de Mendoza wx

159 km SSE41 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
0
calm
(2 km/h at 36°)
15
31 °C-
-
-
-
0

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to El Canal and within an acceptable time window.

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