El Martillo Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.97° S 54.95° W

El Martillo 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 pm 06 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Martillo sea temperature is
12.6° C
2.2° 

El Martillo 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 Martillo today (07 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 10s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Aug, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for El Martillo at 5AM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm August 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Aug)8ft (2.5m)10s
Afternoon (07 Aug)6ft (1.9m)10s
Evening (07 Aug)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 11°C on Thu night, min 7°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (gales from the SW on Thu night, light winds from the WNW by Fri night).

Thu
6
Friday
7
Saturday
8
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
1
1
0
2
3
2
0
2
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)
0.3
SE
8
0.3
SE
8
3
SSW
8
3.5
SSW
9
3
SSW
10
2.5
SSW
10
2.5
S
10
1.9
S
10
1.7
S
11
1.7
S
11
1.5
S
11
1.3
SSE
11
1.2
SSE
11
1
SSE
11
0.9
SSE
11
0.8
SSE
11
0.7
SSE
11
0.6
SSE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
10
10
1194
1723
1670
1365
1283
783
658
663
524
415
319
226
183
149
101
75
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
70
SW
60
SW
60
SW
55
SW
45
SW
40
WSW
35
W
25
W
15
WNW
15
NW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
40
W
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:04AM0.21m
7:59AM0.20m
1:56PM0.38m
3:07AM0.19m
3:00PM0.39m
Low Tide
9:39PM0.03m
4:51AM0.16m
9:07AM0.20m
10:37PM0.02m
5:55AM0.16m
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:28
7:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:00
6:01
6:02
 mm
18
2
2
Temp °C
14
11
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
7
7
7
7
10
10
11
11
Feels °C
12
-2
-4
-4
-3
-1
0
1
2
4
2
1
1
0
2
0
2
2
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