Surf Break

Lat Long: 6.73° N 11.38° W

El Loco 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 12 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Loco sea temperature is
29.6°C
1.2° 

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 (12 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Nov, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 16s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Loco at 11PM is: 0.3m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm November 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Nov)--
Afternoon (12 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (12 Nov)1ft (0.3m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 28°C on Thu afternoon, min 26°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
S
8
0.3
SSW
16
0.3
SSW
16
0.4
SW
16
0.3
SSW
16
0.3
SSW
15
0.3
SSW
15
0.3
SSW
15
0.3
SSW
14
0.3
SSW
14
0.4
SW
14
0.4
SSW
14
0.4
SSW
14
0.4
SSW
14
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
12
0.3
SSW
18
0.3
SSW
18
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
13
0.5
SSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
33
50
50
64
48
45
42
42
41
41
52
78
76
71
67
63
61
62
64
65
64
89
Wind (km/h)
5
SSW
15
S
15
S
10
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSW
10
SW
5
S
5
E
5
E
5
S
10
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
5
NW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
8:40PM1.16m
8:35AM0.97m
9:21PM1.11m
9:13AM0.91m
10:06PM1.07m
Low Tide
2:06PM0.16m
2:44AM0.34m
2:41PM0.22m
3:26AM0.40m
3:20PM0.28m
4:14AM0.46m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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6:33
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6:35
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6:35
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6:23
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6:23
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 mm
3
1
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2
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1
1
1
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1
4
1
2
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3
1
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Temp °C
28
28
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
26
26
26
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
Feels °C
32
31
29
30
30
30
31
30
30
29
30
31
30
30
31
32
30
29
30
31
30
31
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