Surf Break

Lat Long: 18.47° N 66.09° W

El Escambrón 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 21 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's El Escambrón sea temperature is
29.8°C
1.3° 

El Escambrón 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 Escambrón today (21 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 11s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 11s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Escambrón at 4PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a North direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 21). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (21 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (21 Oct)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Thu night. Warm (max 31°C on Wed afternoon, min 26°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
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)
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
N
11
1.1
N
11
0.9
N
11
0.9
NNW
10
0.9
NNW
10
0.9
NNW
10
0.9
NNW
10
0.9
NNW
10
0.8
NNW
10
0.9
NNW
10
0.9
NNW
10
0.9
NNW
10
0.9
NNW
10
0.8
NNW
14
0.8
NNW
13
1.2
NNW
13
1.2
NNW
13
1.2
NNW
12
1.2
NNW
12
1.2
NNW
11
1.1
NNW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
382
277
181
143
140
176
146
143
109
180
180
180
143
243
232
507
476
425
411
376
314
Wind (km/h)
5
ESE
10
ENE
5
SSE
10
SW
5
S
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
SE
15
E
20
ESE
15
SE
5
S
10
S
10
S
5
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
10
SE
15
ESE
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:13PM0.50m
5:39AM0.44m
5:52PM0.48m
6:35AM0.49m
6:29PM0.46m
Low Tide
10:31AM0.18m
11:41PM0.20m
11:37AM0.19m
00:13AM0.16m
12:41PM0.20m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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3
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Temp °C
31
31
30
28
26
26
26
27
30
31
30
27
27
26
26
26
29
30
29
27
27
Feels °C
34
34
34
32
30
30
31
32
33
32
33
31
31
29
30
29
32
31
30
30
30
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