El Canyon Surf Break

Lat Long: 0.90° S 89.62° W

El Canyon 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 21 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Canyon sea temperature is
27.3°C
5.8° 

El Canyon 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 Canyon today (21 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 13s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Canyon at 12PM is: 0.1m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am October 21). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 16s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-06) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Oct)--
Afternoon (21 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)13s
Evening (21 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Thu night. Warm (max 27°C on Thu afternoon, min 26°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
SSW
17
1.3
SSW
17
1.4
SSW
16
0.1
NW
13
0.1
NW
13
1.7
SSW
16
0.4
NNW
9
0.1
NW
13
0.4
NNW
9
1.6
SSW
16
1.5
SSW
15
0.4
NW
10
1.4
SSW
15
1.4
SSW
15
1.5
SSW
15
1.5
SSW
15
0.1
NW
12
1.6
SSW
16
0.2
NNW
8
0.2
NNW
8
0.2
NNW
8
0.2
NNW
8
0.2
NNW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
0
0
0
7
7
0
32
6
31
0
0
25
0
0
0
0
5
0
7
6
6
6
8
Wind (km/h)
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:04AM1.51m
11:34PM1.70m
11:58AM1.63m
00:18AM1.82m
12:42PM1.76m
Low Tide
5:05AM0.75m
5:15PM0.66m
5:58AM0.62m
6:05PM0.56m
6:40AM0.46m
6:47PM0.45m
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5:45
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1
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Temp °C
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
27
27
26
26
26
26
26
27
26
26
26
Feels °C
27
27
27
26
27
28
27
27
28
28
28
28
29
30
28
29
28
28
27
28
27
27
28
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