Surf Break

Lat Long: 6.73° N 11.38° W

El Loco 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 08 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Loco sea temperature is
29.4°C
1.1° 

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 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 12s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 11s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Loco at 8PM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm November 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Nov)--
Afternoon (08 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (08 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 28°C on Sun afternoon, min 26°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Sun
8
Monday
9
Tuesday
10
Wed
11
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
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSW
12
0.7
SSW
11
0.7
SSW
11
0.7
SSW
11
0.7
SSW
11
0.8
SSW
11
0.8
SSW
10
0.7
SSW
10
0.7
SSW
10
0.7
SSW
11
0.6
S
11
0.6
S
11
0.6
SSW
9
0.7
SSW
11
0.6
SSW
11
0.6
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.6
SSW
10
0.6
SSW
10
0.6
SSW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
176
130
130
133
133
164
147
110
110
119
85
85
65
121
88
74
71
71
70
75
74
72
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
W
15
WNW
Wind State
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
6:20PM1.25m
6:18AM1.19m
6:54PM1.26m
6:52AM1.14m
7:28PM1.24m
Low Tide
00:17AM0.25m
12:27PM0.08m
00:53AM0.24m
12:59PM0.09m
1:29AM0.25m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
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6:33
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6:33
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6:33
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6:23
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6:23
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6:23
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
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1
1
1
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2
2
1
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3
3
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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
29
30
30
30
30
29
30
30
30
29
30
31
30
29
29
29
29
30
30
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