El Loco Surf Break

Lat Long: 6.73° N 11.38° W

El Loco 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 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 (16 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 13s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 12s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Loco at 4AM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (16 Sep)4ft (1.2m)13s
Evening (16 Sep)4ft (1.2m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 30mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 26°C on Tue night, min 25°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
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
0
2
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SSW
13
1
SSW
13
1.3
SSW
13
1.3
SSW
13
1.2
SSW
13
1.1
SSW
13
1.2
S
13
1.2
SSW
12
1.2
SSW
12
1.2
SSW
12
0.8
SSW
12
0.8
SSW
11
0.7
SSW
11
1.1
SSW
6
1.1
SSW
6
1.1
SSW
6
0.7
S
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
673
331
538
530
447
418
451
447
432
411
183
170
123
95
83
88
112
Wind (km/h)
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
SSE
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
15
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
High Tide
9:31PM1.12m
9:33AM1.06m
10:12PM1.03m
10:09AM0.95m
Low Tide
3:28AM0.32m
3:45PM0.25m
4:09AM0.40m
4:24PM0.33m
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6:35
6:35
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6:45
6:44
 mm
2
4
2
1
3
4
3
2
1
Temp °C
26
26
26
25
25
26
26
26
26
26
26
25
25
25
26
26
26
Feels °C
29
29
30
29
28
28
27
27
27
27
28
27
28
27
27
26
27
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