Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at El Faro today (27 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 14s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 16s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for El Faro at 11PM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (27 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (27 Aug) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 14s |
| Evening (27 Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at El Faro. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 24mm), heaviest during Sat morning. Warm (max 31°C on Thu afternoon, min 27°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 27 | Friday 28 | Saturday 29 | |||||||||||||||||
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) | SW 14 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 17 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 251 | 587 | 376 | 330 | 330 | 458 | 762 | 1351 | 1501 | 1597 | 1384 | 1271 | 1170 | 1239 | 1224 | 1208 | 1163 | 1088 | 1059 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross | glassy | glassy | cross-off | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | off | off |
High Tide | 8:56PM0.49m | 10:08AM0.40m | 9:11PM0.45m | 9:44AM0.41m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:16PM0.27m | 3:47AM0.09m | 3:22PM0.23m | 3:36AM0.15m | 3:36PM0.20m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:04 | — |
mm | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 30 |
Feels °C | 34 | 34 | 34 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 33 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 17 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 |
| kJ | 251 | 587 | 376 | 330 | 330 | 458 | 762 | 1351 | 1501 | 1597 | 1384 | 1271 | 1170 | 1239 | 1224 | 1208 | 1163 | 1088 | 1059 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 18 | S 9 | S 9 | SW 20 | SW 13 | W 5 | W 5 | W 5 | S 9 | W 5 | SW 12 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 9 | SW 9 |
| kJ | 209 | 39 | 39 | 306 | 142 | 22 | 32 | 25 | 73 | 25 | 169 | 132 | 140 | 429 | 464 | 373 | 334 | 128 | 141 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 9 | WSW 10 | W 9 | SW 13 | SW 19 | SW 13 | SW 13 | S 8 | W 5 | S 8 | W 5 | W 5 | SW 12 | W 5 | W 5 | W 5 | WSW 5 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 |
| kJ | 45 | 32 | 44 | 111 | 303 | 176 | 171 | 33 | 27 | 33 | 25 | 25 | 203 | 29 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 23 | 35 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | W 3 | WNW 3 | W 4 | W 4 | W 5 | W 5 | — | W 5 | W 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 5 | — | — |
| kJ | — | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 40 | — | 42 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 475 | 245 | 99 | 66 | 82 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 470 | 186 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 |
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