El Loco Surf Break

Lat Long: 6.73° N 11.38° W

El Loco 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 12 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

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 (12 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 18s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Loco at 9PM is: 0.6m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Aug)--
Afternoon (12 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (12 Aug)2ft (0.6m)18s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 58mm), heaviest during Thu morning. Warm (max 26°C on Fri afternoon, min 24°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
12
Thursday
13
Friday
14
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
S
10
1
S
10
0.6
SSW
18
1.1
S
10
0.6
SSW
18
0.7
S
10
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SSW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.8
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.8
SSW
15
0.7
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.7
SSW
18
1
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
206
206
211
239
211
90
268
264
261
196
220
275
339
272
175
299
270
552
635
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
Wind State
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
6:36PM1.22m
7:07AM1.49m
7:21PM1.24m
7:48AM1.51m
8:05PM1.24m
Low Tide
12:35PM0.14m
00:35AM0.02m
1:20PM0.10m
1:18AM0.02m
2:02PM0.09m
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6:39
6:39
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7:00
7:00
7:00
 mm
2
2
3
4
4
6
8
9
4
3
2
1
1
2
2
Temp °C
25
25
25
25
24
24
24
24
24
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
26
26
26
Feels °C
26
26
27
27
26
26
27
26
25
26
26
27
27
28
28
27
28
28
28
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