Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at El Faro today (10 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 16s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 16s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 16s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for El Faro at 6PM is: 1.3m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (10 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 16s |
| Afternoon (10 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 16s |
| Evening (10 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at El Faro. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 33°C on Thu morning, min 27°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Thu 10 | Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SSW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 813 | 813 | 803 | 803 | 976 | 783 | 763 | 566 | 720 | 543 | 536 | 459 | 407 | 407 | 407 | 401 | 341 | 288 | 272 | 261 | 212 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | glassy | cross | cross | cross | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | glassy | cross-off | cross-on | on | cross-on | glassy |
High Tide | 10:25AM0.49m | 9:35PM0.46m | 10:28AM0.42m | 9:59PM0.40m | 9:47AM0.37m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:02PM0.22m | 4:04AM0.10m | 4:11PM0.22m | 4:00AM0.22m | 3:53PM0.22m | ||||||||||||||||
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 | 6:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:52 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Temp °C | 29 | 33 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 28 |
Feels °C | 32 | 36 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 35 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 34 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SSW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 |
| kJ | 813 | 813 | 803 | 803 | 976 | 783 | 763 | 566 | 720 | 543 | 536 | 459 | 407 | 407 | 407 | 401 | 341 | 288 | 272 | 261 | 212 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 8 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 7 | SSE 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | W 13 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | SSW 8 | W 4 | W 4 | W 5 | W 5 | W 5 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 |
| kJ | 30 | 123 | 156 | 67 | 40 | 51 | 39 | 23 | 29 | 42 | 45 | 46 | 49 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 27 | 28 | 22 | 22 | 15 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 11 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | W 9 | W 9 | WNW 9 | WSW 4 | SSW 10 | SW 19 | SW 19 | W 11 | W 11 | W 12 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | SSW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | S 8 | S 8 |
| kJ | 47 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 96 | 96 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 123 | 154 | 80 | 35 | 33 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 8 | W 3 | W 4 | W 4 | W 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 26 | 26 | 470 | 442 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 40 | 471 | 442 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 166 | 755 | 124 | 26 |
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