El Estero 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at El Estero today (05 Jun):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Jun, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 17s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Jun, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Estero at 10PM is: 1.6m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm June 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (CST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Jun)	-	-
Afternoon (05 Jun)	5.5ft (1.7m)	17s
Evening (05 Jun)	5ft (1.6m)	16s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 178mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Warm (max 28°C on Fri afternoon, min 24°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Fri night, fresh winds from the SSE by Sun night).
	Fri 5			Saturday 6								Sunday 7								Mon 8
	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	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	2	3	3	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 17	SW 17	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SSW 8	SSW 8	SSW 8	SSW 9	SW 10	SW 10	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 10	SW 10	WSW 11
Wave Graph
kJ	1682	1643	1436	1401	1384	1144	1115	1101	1074	964	871	871	982	1043	1451	1716	2721	3407	3460	2921	2754	3315	2810	2884
Wind (km/h)	S	SSE	SE	ESE	E	ESE	SSE	S	S	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		5:57PM2.11m					6:36AM2.04m				6:38PM2.03m				7:18AM2.04m				7:24PM1.96m				8:03AM2.07m
Low Tide					00:17AM0.47m				12:35PM0.71m				00:56AM0.53m				1:23PM0.74m				1:38AM0.59m


	—	—	—	—	5:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:20	—	—	—
	—	6:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:02	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:02	—	—	—	—	—	6:02
mm	3	2	4	3	5	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	15	20	19	27	29	10	4	2	2	2	3	5
Temp °C	28	28	27	26	25	25	26	28	28	27	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	26	25	26	25	25	25
Feels °C	30	31	30	29	28	29	29	30	31	29	27	27	28	28	27	26	24	24	25	23	24	23	23	24
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 17	SW 17	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SSW 7	SW 15	SSW 8	SW 24	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 11	SW 14	SW 14	SSW 20	SW 10	WSW 11
kJ	1682	1643	1436	1401	1384	1144	1115	1101	1074	964	871	203	675	1043	143	623	606	731	3460	721	507	1056	2810	2884
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 13	SSW 13	S 13	S 12	S 12	SSW 7	SW 16	SSW 26	SW 15	SW 24	SW 24	SW 23	SSW 22	SW 14	SSW 21	SSW 21	SSW 20	SW 13	SSW 19
kJ	143	141	137	26	29	361	350	81	71	72	147	871	65	649	143	197	268	326	721	799	925	1035	604	1592
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	S 6	SSW 6	S 13	S 13	—	—	S 13	S 12	—	S 12	S 12	SSW 13	SW 25	—	—	—	SSW 22	SW 22	SW 21	SSW 21	SW 20	SSW 19	SW 14
kJ	28	27	28	86	87	—	—	81	78	—	72	73	16	96	—	—	—	323	471	664	777	899	1255	431
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	SSW 13	—	—	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 7	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSW 8	—	SSW 8	SSW 9	SW 10	SW 10	SSE 7	SW 11	SW 11	SW 10	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	367	—	—	71	104	142	34	42	982	—	1451	1716	2721	3407	245	2921	2754	3315	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	4	3	4	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4
Distance (km)	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	10	0	123	13	10	0	10	10	131	203	203	127	127	127	127	131
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4		4	4	4	4	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4
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Rating (10 max)	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	8	7	6	7	6	5	9

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