El Loco Surf Break

Lat Long: 6.73° N 11.38° W

El Loco 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 14 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Loco sea temperature is
27.9° C
0.6° 

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 (15 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Loco at 5AM is: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jul)5ft (1.6m)6s
Afternoon (15 Jul)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (15 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 87mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm (max 26°C on Fri afternoon, min 23°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSW
12
1.5
SSW
6
0.8
SSW
12
1.6
SSW
6
1.6
SSW
6
1.5
SSW
6
1.5
SSW
6
1.4
SSW
6
1.4
SSW
6
0.5
SSW
19
1.3
SSW
6
0.7
SSW
10
0.4
SSW
16
0.5
SSW
17
0.7
SSW
18
0.8
SSW
18
0.8
SSW
18
0.7
SSW
18
0.5
SSW
17
0.5
SSW
16
0.8
SSW
16
0.8
SSW
16
0.8
SSW
16
0.7
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
169
181
186
216
216
186
181
160
160
214
148
90
100
172
273
352
352
270
170
153
291
291
288
223
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
6:45PM1.20m
7:25AM1.46m
7:36PM1.21m
8:12AM1.49m
8:25PM1.19m
8:57AM1.48m
Low Tide
00:49AM-0.02m
1:36PM0.13m
1:36AM-0.01m
2:25PM0.12m
2:21AM0.04m
3:13PM0.15m
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light rain
light rain
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thunderstorm
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clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:37
6:37
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:05
7:05
7:05
 mm
4
6
7
10
6
3
2
1
2
3
3
1
2
4
9
14
6
3
1
Temp °C
25
25
24
23
24
24
25
25
25
24
24
25
24
24
23
23
23
23
24
24
24
25
26
25
Feels °C
26
26
25
24
25
24
25
26
26
25
25
26
26
26
25
25
25
25
26
26
27
28
28
26
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