El Palmer Surf Break

Lat Long: 8.46° N 79.96° W

El Palmer 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Palmer sea temperature is
29.9°C
1.7° 

El Palmer 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 Palmer today (29 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 15s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 18s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 18s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for El Palmer at 10AM is: 0.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 29). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Afternoon (29 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)18s
Evening (29 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)18s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 40mm), heaviest during Wed afternoon. Warm (max 30°C on Tue morning, min 26°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
SSE
15
0.2
SSE
15
0.2
SSE
14
0.2
S
18
0.2
SSE
18
0.2
SSE
18
0.2
SSE
18
0.2
SSE
18
0.2
S
18
0.2
SSE
14
0.3
SSE
14
0.2
SSE
16
0.2
SSE
16
0.2
SSE
16
0.2
SSE
16
0.2
SSE
16
0.2
SSE
16
0.2
SSE
16
0.2
SSE
16
0.2
SSE
16
0.2
SSE
16
0.2
SSE
15
0.2
SSE
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
22
21
21
25
31
31
31
31
25
19
38
25
25
25
25
26
26
26
26
25
24
23
24
Wind (km/h)
10
N
10
N
5
N
0
ESE
5
E
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
SW
10
S
10
SSE
5
SSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
S
10
S
10
SSE
5
S
10
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-off
off
off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
High Tide
5:06AM4.64m
5:31PM4.39m
5:45AM4.59m
6:13PM4.30m
6:28AM4.45m
6:59PM4.12m
Low Tide
11:23AM0.06m
11:36PM0.28m
12:03PM0.11m
00:17AM0.40m
12:46PM0.26m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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6:07
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6:07
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6:12
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6:10
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 mm
1
1
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2
1
3
2
1
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3
6
4
3
2
1
1
1
3
2
2
2
Temp °C
26
27
29
30
30
28
27
27
27
27
29
29
28
28
27
27
26
27
28
29
28
28
27
Feels °C
30
31
33
35
35
32
31
31
31
31
33
33
31
33
31
30
30
32
33
33
31
32
31
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