Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at El Faro today (12 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 16s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 16s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for El Faro at 9PM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 12). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (12 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (12 Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) | 16s |
| Evening (12 Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at El Faro. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 27mm), heaviest during Sat morning. Warm (max 32°C on Wed afternoon, min 26°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Wed 12 | Thursday 13 | Friday 14 | |||||||||||||||||
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 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 19 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 16 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 447 | 299 | 353 | 385 | 380 | 395 | 416 | 416 | 416 | 411 | 384 | 513 | 735 | 719 | 915 | 1351 | 1320 | 1417 | 1286 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross | glassy | glassy | off | off | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross | cross | glassy | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy |
High Tide | 9:24PM0.50m | 12:01PM0.46m | 9:40PM0.44m | 12:34PM0.39m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:32PM0.33m | 4:40AM-0.05m | 4:57PM0.34m | 5:02AM0.07m | 5:07PM0.34m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:15 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 32 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 29 |
Feels °C | 33 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 33 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 32 | 35 | 35 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 16 |
| kJ | 447 | 299 | 353 | 385 | 380 | 395 | 416 | 416 | 416 | 411 | 380 | 360 | 735 | 719 | 915 | 1351 | 1320 | 1417 | 1286 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 9 | SW 12 | SSW 11 | SSW 13 | S 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 14 | SW 15 | SW 15 | S 9 | S 9 | SSE 9 | S 9 |
| kJ | 27 | 74 | 42 | 109 | 54 | 35 | 35 | 190 | 306 | 388 | 384 | 513 | 350 | 355 | 309 | 40 | 78 | 44 | 55 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 13 | SSW 12 | SW 13 | S 9 | W 4 | W 4 | SW 21 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | S 9 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SSE 9 | SSW 10 | S 14 | SSW 9 | SSW 10 |
| kJ | 30 | 45 | 79 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 110 | 41 | 40 | 23 | 35 | 40 | 48 | 47 | 30 | 22 | 4 | 28 | 18 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | — | WNW 4 | — | — | — | — | S 9 | S 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 8 | 8 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | 38 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 478 | 267 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 471 | 755 | 74 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 156 | 745 | 442 | 26 |
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