El Loco Surf Break

Lat Long: 6.73° N 11.38° W

El Loco 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 17 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Loco sea temperature is
27.7° C
0.4° 

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 (17 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 16s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Loco at 6PM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Afternoon (17 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (17 Jul)3ft (0.9m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 49mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 25°C on Fri morning, min 24°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
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
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSW
16
0.8
SSW
16
0.8
SSW
16
0.7
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
0.8
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
291
291
288
223
357
348
252
405
371
167
371
394
384
352
347
282
257
253
249
249
246
Wind (km/h)
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
High Tide
8:57AM1.48m
9:14PM1.15m
9:42AM1.42m
10:04PM1.10m
10:26AM1.33m
Low Tide
3:13PM0.15m
3:06AM0.11m
4:00PM0.19m
3:51AM0.21m
4:46PM0.24m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
<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
2
1
1
1
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
2
3
2
1
1
3
Temp °C
25
25
25
25
25
25
24
24
24
25
24
25
25
24
25
24
24
24
25
25
25
Feels °C
27
26
26
26
26
27
26
26
26
27
24
26
26
25
27
26
27
26
26
26
27
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