Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at El Faro today (26 Jul):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 18s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Jul, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 18s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for El Faro at 8PM is: 1.7m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.3m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 26). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (26 Jul) | - | - |
| Afternoon (26 Jul) | 5ft (1.5m) | 18s |
| Evening (26 Jul) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 18s |
Table - waves today at El Faro. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 22mm), heaviest during Tue morning. Warm (max 30°C on Sun afternoon, min 25°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Sun 26 | Monday 27 | Tuesday 28 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 18 | SW 18 | SSW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SSW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1415 | 1518 | 1663 | 1952 | 1974 | 1974 | 1400 | 1653 | 1799 | 1885 | 2089 | 2113 | 2309 | 2309 | 2283 | 2204 | 2002 | 1977 | 1692 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | glassy | glassy | off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | on | on | glassy | glassy |
High Tide | 8:14PM0.45m | 12:08PM0.53m | 8:08PM0.48m | 12:40PM0.47m | 8:11PM0.51m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:58PM0.41m | 4:03AM-0.11m | 4:39PM0.44m | 4:19AM-0.08m | 3:49PM0.44m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:23 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — |
Temp °C | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 |
Feels °C | 31 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 32 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 18 | SW 18 | SSW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SSW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 |
| kJ | 1415 | 1518 | 1663 | 1952 | 1974 | 1974 | 1400 | 1653 | 1799 | 1885 | 2089 | 2113 | 2309 | 2309 | 2283 | 2204 | 2002 | 1977 | 1692 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 8 | S 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 9 | SW 11 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 11 |
| kJ | 320 | 313 | 252 | 160 | 161 | 202 | 331 | 168 | 192 | 231 | 335 | 257 | 231 | 212 | 229 | 160 | 135 | 149 | 161 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 13 | SW 21 | W 8 | SSW 10 | SW 10 | SW 12 | SW 20 | S 8 | S 7 | S 8 | S 13 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SSE 12 | S 10 | S 10 | S 7 | S 13 |
| kJ | 63 | 117 | 4 | 97 | 87 | 50 | 552 | 41 | 40 | 55 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 49 | 48 | 48 | 24 | 85 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 26 | 442 | 449 | 124 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 124 | 124 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 265 | 37 |
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