El Loco Surf Break

Lat Long: 6.73° N 11.38° W

El Loco 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 07 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's El Loco sea temperature is
27.2° C
0.5° 

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 (08 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Loco at 7AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm August 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (08 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (08 Aug)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 58mm), heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 25°C on Fri night, min 24°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
8
Sunday
9
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
11
0.9
SSW
11
0.8
SSW
11
0.8
SSW
11
0.8
SSW
11
0.8
SSW
11
0.8
S
11
1.2
SSW
10
1.2
SSW
10
1.1
S
10
1.3
SSW
10
1.2
SSW
10
1.3
SSW
10
1.3
SSW
9
1.3
SSW
9
1.5
SSW
9
1.5
SSW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
217
205
161
158
156
156
143
285
269
234
301
282
322
289
276
315
300
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
10
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
2:24AM1.01m
2:28PM1.00m
3:40AM1.09m
3:47PM1.04m
Low Tide
7:33PM0.27m
8:13AM0.45m
8:50PM0.24m
9:40AM0.39m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:39
6:39
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:01
7:01
 mm
2
4
5
5
4
3
2
2
2
4
5
4
5
4
4
1
Temp °C
25
25
25
25
24
25
24
25
25
25
24
24
24
25
24
25
25
Feels °C
27
27
27
27
26
27
26
27
27
27
27
28
27
26
24
24
25
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