Surf Break

Lat Long: 4.61° S 81.30° W

El Golf 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 20 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's El Golf sea temperature is
25.6°C
6.3° 

El Golf surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at El Golf today (20 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 18s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Golf at 2PM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 19s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 20). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)5ft (1.5m)14s
Afternoon (20 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (20 Oct)4ft (1.2m)18s

Table - waves today at El Golf. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Wed night. Warm (max 27°C on Thu morning, min 24°C on Tue afternoon). Mainly fresh winds.

Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
1
1
1
2
3
3
2
3
1
0
2
3
3
3
3
3
0
1
2
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
SW
14
1.5
SW
14
1.5
SW
14
1.5
SW
14
1.4
SW
14
1.2
SSW
18
1.3
SSW
18
1.4
SSW
18
1.4
SSW
18
1.4
SSW
17
1.4
SSW
17
1.4
SSW
16
1.9
SSW
16
1.9
SSW
16
1.7
SSW
16
1.7
SSW
16
1.7
SSW
16
1.7
SSW
16
1.7
SSW
15
1.8
SSW
15
1.9
SSW
15
2
SSW
15
1.8
SSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
865
865
865
877
799
864
975
1186
1159
1120
1055
1018
1809
1787
1517
1517
1498
1460
1344
1447
1496
1644
1356
Wind (km/h)
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
S
25
SSE
20
S
15
SSW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SW
20
SW
20
S
25
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
11:16AM0.93m
00:11AM1.16m
12:28PM1.02m
00:58AM1.24m
1:21PM1.14m
Low Tide
5:35AM0.53m
5:29PM0.38m
6:36AM0.42m
6:31PM0.32m
7:20AM0.29m
7:20PM0.25m
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Temp °C
24
24
26
26
25
24
24
24
24
24
26
25
25
25
24
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26
27
25
24
24
Feels °C
24
23
26
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
28
25
25
26
24
25
24
25
26
26
25
24
23
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