Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at El Palmer today (15 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 18s period with SSE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 18s period with SSE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 18s period with SSE swell.
The current surf forecast for El Palmer at 2AM is: 0.2m 18s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (EST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 Sep) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 18s |
| Afternoon (15 Sep) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 18s |
| Evening (15 Sep) | 1ft (0.3m) | 18s |
Table - waves today at El Palmer. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Mon afternoon. Warm (max 31°C on Wed morning, min 26°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Mon 14 | Tuesday 15 | Wednesday 16 | |||||||||||||||||
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) | S 9 | S 9 | S 18 | SSE 18 | SSE 18 | SSE 18 | SSE 18 | SSE 18 | SSE 18 | SSE 18 | SSE 18 | SSE 17 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 15 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 14 | 14 | 24 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 61 | 60 | 57 | 51 | 51 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 47 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 5:59PM4.31m | 6:13AM4.40m | 6:36PM4.10m | 6:49AM4.15m | 7:14PM3.83m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 00:00AM0.38m | 12:24PM0.34m | 00:37AM0.61m | 1:02PM0.57m | |||||||||||||||
 |  |  | |  |  | | |  |  |  | | | | |  | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 6:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:19 | — | — |
mm | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 27 | 26 |
Feels °C | 34 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 28 | 28 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 7 | S 7 | SSE 18 | SSE 17 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 15 |
| kJ | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 60 | 57 | 51 | 51 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 47 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 12 | S 12 | S 18 | SSE 18 | SSE 18 | SSE 18 | SSE 18 | SSE 18 | SSE 18 | SSE 18 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 11 | S 11 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 7 |
| kJ | 11 | 11 | 24 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 61 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 18 | S 18 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | NE 4 | S 11 | S 11 | S 25 | S 24 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 |
| kJ | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | NNW 2 | — | — | N 3 | NNE 3 | NE 3 | NE 4 | NNE 3 | NNE 3 | NNE 3 | NNE 3 | NNE 3 | NNE 3 | NNE 3 | NNE 3 | N 3 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 113 | 107 | 78 | 107 | 3 | 3 | 142 | 142 | 78 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 77 |
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