El Loco Surf Break

Lat Long: 6.73° N 11.38° W

El Loco 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Loco sea temperature is
27.0° C
0.2° 

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 (05 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Loco at 9PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Aug)--
Afternoon (05 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (05 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 25mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 26°C on Wed afternoon, min 24°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
5
Thursday
6
Friday
7
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
14
0.4
SSW
13
0.6
SSW
13
0.7
SSW
13
0.7
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.6
S
12
0.9
SSW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
60
62
70
139
181
170
198
213
213
258
240
240
244
240
236
232
232
103
217
Wind (km/h)
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
Wind State
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
11:42PM0.99m
11:45AM1.08m
00:58AM0.98m
1:00PM1.02m
Low Tide
5:21PM0.25m
5:30AM0.41m
6:20PM0.27m
6:44AM0.45m
7:33PM0.27m
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
<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>
7:02
7:02
7:01
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
3
4
4
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
26
26
25
25
25
25
25
25
26
26
25
25
25
24
24
24
25
25
25
Feels °C
27
27
27
27
27
27
28
27
27
27
26
26
27
26
27
26
26
25
26
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