Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at El Medano today (15 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for El Medano at 9PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (WEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (15 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 12s |
| Evening (15 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at El Medano. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 31°C on Tue afternoon, min 22°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the ENE by Thu morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 15 | Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | |||||||||||||||||
4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 18 | NNE 8 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | S 16 | S 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 8 | ENE 7 | NE 7 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 50 | 48 | 47 | 61 | 74 | 101 | 87 | 85 | 131 | 129 | 198 | 135 | 121 | 120 | 120 | 147 | 164 | 183 | 176 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 4:33PM1.75m | 4:49AM1.70m | 5:08PM1.57m | 5:24AM1.56m | 5:49PM1.39m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:35PM0.34m | 10:56AM0.39m | 11:07PM0.50m | 11:37AM0.55m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 8:10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:08 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 31 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 22 |
Feels °C | 31 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 19 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | NE 4 | SSW 12 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | S 16 | S 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 |
| kJ | 50 | 48 | 47 | 47 | 8 | 46 | 87 | 85 | 131 | 129 | 198 | 135 | 121 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 163 | 116 | 110 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 8 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 12 | SSW 17 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | NW 10 | WNW 10 | SSW 10 |
| kJ | 10 | 30 | 30 | 61 | 47 | 101 | 45 | 42 | 24 | 40 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 10 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 18 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NE 8 | SSW 18 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 7 | NNE 7 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | — | SSW 10 | WNW 10 |
| kJ | 33 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 61 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | — | 10 | 9 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 3 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NNE 8 | NE 4 | NE 4 | ENE 4 | NE 4 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 5 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 8 | ENE 7 | NE 7 |
| kJ | 3 | 14 | 31 | 14 | 74 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 73 | 109 | 147 | 164 | 183 | 176 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 19 | 34 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 34 |
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