Surf Forecasts:
El Palito surf forecast from 21 Jul 2026:
- Best quality surf: Wednesday 22 Jul, 2AM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period, NE swell with glassy winds.
- Most powerful swell: Friday 24 Jul, 8AM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period, NE swell with 89 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Wednesday 22 Jul, 2AM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with NE swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for El Palito this week:
The surf forecast for El Palito over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Jul 22) at 2AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 1.0m and 6s period. The wind is predicted to be glassy as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at El Palito in the next 16 days are 1.0m 7s and forecast to arrive on Friday (Jul 24) at 8AM. Winds are predicted to be glassy at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.2m 6s period and expected on Saturday (Jul 25) at 5PM.
| Wave Type | Time (-04) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 2AM (Wed 22nd Jul) | 3.5ft (1.0m) 6s |
| Best Surf | 2AM (Wed 22nd Jul) | 3.5ft (1.0m) 6s |
| Most Powerful | 8AM (Fri 24th Jul) | 3.5ft (1.0m) 7s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for El Palito over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Rusty here. Let’s talk about El Palito for the next couple of weeks.
It’s a total flat spell. From now all the way to August 5th, there’s nothing worthwhile. It’s a long stretch of no surf.
The one tiny blip is Monday morning July 27th. You might see some 3ft waves from the NE with a short 6 second period, and combined energy of just 56 (weak). With a light WNW breeze, it’ll be glassy and clean, but the waves are weak and small. Not really worth suiting up.
Other than that, it’s either flat or the wind is ruining it from the ENE, blowing cross-on and leaving the water choppy and ugly. The water’s warm at 82°, about normal for this time of year.
El Palito is a beach and breakwater setup, and with conditions this poor, even the kite crowd wouldn't be stoked.
No standouts here. Just a quiet, empty forecast. Could change, but for now, it’s a hard pass.
- Rusty
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Thu afternoon, min 25°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Fri night. Warm (max 29°C on Mon morning, min 25°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 21 | Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | Saturday 25 | Sunday 26 | Monday 27 | ||||||||||||||
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Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 7 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 72 | 69 | 34 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 51 | 56 | 0 | 56 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | glassy | on | cross-on | glassy | glassy | cross-off | off | on | cross-on | glassy | on | cross-on | cross | on | cross-on | glassy | glassy | cross-on | glassy |
High Tide | 7:52PM0.36m | 8:21AM0.12m | 8:21PM0.36m | 9:24AM0.09m | 8:53PM0.37m | 9:27PM0.37m | 10:05PM0.38m | 10:45PM0.38m | 11:25PM0.39m | |||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:11AM0.09m | 5:49AM0.06m | 6:24AM0.03m | 6:59AM0.02m | 7:34AM0.01m | 8:10AM0.01m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | 6:18 | — | — | 6:18 | — | — | 6:18 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | 6:20 | — | — |
 | 6:58 | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | 6:57 | — | — | 6:57 | — | — | 6:57 | — | — | 6:57 | — |
mm | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Temp °C | 27 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 27 |
Feels °C | 30 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 33 | 33 | 26 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 29 | 30 | 33 | 33 | 31 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 7 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 |
| kJ | 72 | 69 | 34 | 47 | 91 | 125 | 125 | 105 | 79 | 88 | 64 | 64 | 116 | 64 | 44 | 49 | 51 | 56 | 49 | 56 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 124 | 0 | 898 | 810 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 124 | 124 | 5 | 715 | 124 | 46 | 124 | 124 | 5 | 0 | 124 | 0 |
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