El Loco Surf Break

Lat Long: 6.73° N 11.38° W

El Loco 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 15 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's El Loco sea temperature is
27.8°C
0.9° 

El Loco 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 Loco today (15 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Loco at 11AM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Afternoon (15 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Evening (15 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 75mm), heaviest during Tue morning. Warm (max 26°C on Tue night, min 24°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
2
0
1
1
1
2
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SSW
15
1.1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1.5
SSW
13
1.4
SSW
13
1.4
SSW
13
1.3
SSW
13
1.3
SSW
13
1.3
SSW
13
1.2
SSW
13
1.2
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.8
SSW
12
0.8
SSW
12
0.8
SSW
12
0.8
SSW
11
0.7
SSW
11
0.6
SSW
11
1
SSW
6
1.1
SSW
6
0.7
S
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
485
478
472
452
421
778
673
663
538
530
522
492
469
213
192
183
183
170
123
95
74
88
112
Wind (km/h)
15
SSW
10
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
5
ESE
10
ESE
15
SSE
20
S
15
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
8:59AM1.18m
9:31PM1.12m
9:33AM1.06m
10:12PM1.03m
10:09AM0.95m
Low Tide
2:50AM0.23m
3:10PM0.18m
3:28AM0.32m
3:45PM0.25m
4:09AM0.40m
4:24PM0.33m
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:35
6:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:45
6:45
6:44
 mm
2
11
35
7
2
3
2
1
3
1
2
1
1
5
4
3
2
1
Temp °C
25
24
24
24
25
25
26
26
25
25
25
26
26
26
26
26
25
25
25
26
26
26
26
Feels °C
28
27
26
26
27
28
28
29
29
29
29
28
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
28
27
26
27
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