Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at El Faro today (27 Jul):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 17s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 17s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for El Faro at 11PM is: 1.9m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (27 Jul) | - | - |
| Afternoon (27 Jul) | 6ft (1.8m) | 17s |
| Evening (27 Jul) | 6ft (1.9m) | 17s |
Table - waves today at El Faro. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 30°C on Mon afternoon, min 25°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Mon 27 | Tuesday 28 | Wednesday 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 17 | SW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1799 | 1885 | 2089 | 2113 | 2434 | 2309 | 2283 | 2178 | 2002 | 1977 | 1692 | 1857 | 1834 | 1629 | 1608 | 1441 | 1327 | 1275 | 1177 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | glassy | glassy | off | glassy | on | glassy | glassy | off | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | on | on | glassy | off |
High Tide | 12:08PM0.53m | 8:08PM0.48m | 12:40PM0.47m | 8:11PM0.51m | 1:02PM0.41m | 8:20PM0.51m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:39PM0.44m | 4:19AM-0.08m | 3:49PM0.44m | 4:29AM-0.03m | 2:45PM0.41m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:22 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Temp °C | 30 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 |
Feels °C | 31 | 33 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 30 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 31 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 17 | SW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 |
| kJ | 1799 | 1885 | 2089 | 2113 | 2434 | 2309 | 2283 | 2178 | 2002 | 1977 | 1692 | 1857 | 1834 | 1629 | 1608 | 1441 | 1327 | 1275 | 1177 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 9 | SW 9 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | W 11 | WSW 11 | W 10 | W 10 |
| kJ | 192 | 231 | 335 | 230 | 204 | 159 | 132 | 218 | 164 | 149 | 155 | 167 | 150 | 236 | 224 | 151 | 153 | 135 | 133 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 7 | S 8 | S 13 | S 10 | S 10 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | S 10 | S 10 | S 7 | S 13 | S 9 | S 11 | S 11 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | S 12 | — |
| kJ | 40 | 55 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 67 | 95 | 48 | 48 | 25 | 85 | 41 | 62 | 62 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 69 | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 471 | 470 | 136 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 99 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 189 | 475 | 26 | 26 |
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