El Golfo Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.97° N 13.83° W

El Golfo 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 20 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Golfo sea temperature is
23.8°C
1.4° 

El Golfo 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 Golfo today (20 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 14s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 13s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Golfo at 10PM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.2m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 20). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (WEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)--
Afternoon (20 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Evening (20 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 23°C on Tue afternoon, min 19°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
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
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
NW
14
1.1
NW
14
1.1
NW
13
1.2
NW
13
1.1
NW
13
1.1
NW
13
1.1
NW
13
1
NW
13
0.9
NW
13
0.9
NW
13
0.9
NW
13
0.8
NW
12
0.8
NW
12
0.6
NW
12
0.6
NW
12
0.6
NW
12
0.9
NNW
14
1.1
NNW
13
1.3
NNW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
492
464
437
480
374
374
374
326
273
273
234
181
172
114
114
114
321
402
498
Wind (km/h)
15
ESE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
25
E
25
E
15
ENE
20
NE
30
NE
20
ENE
15
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
N
5
N
20
N
20
NNE
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
10:46PM1.63m
10:56AM1.85m
11:31PM1.81m
11:39AM2.02m
Low Tide
4:34PM0.75m
4:42AM0.79m
5:20PM0.58m
5:28AM0.63m
5:57PM0.41m
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part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
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7:20
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7:19
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7:17
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1
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1
1
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Temp °C
23
22
22
21
21
21
22
22
21
22
20
19
20
20
20
22
22
22
21
Feels °C
22
21
20
19
19
20
20
20
21
21
17
17
20
21
22
24
23
21
20
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