Surf Forecasts:
El Porto Beach surf forecast from 12 Aug 2026:
- Best quality surf: Saturday 15 Aug, 5AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 17s period, SSW swell with glassy winds.
- Most powerful swell: Saturday 15 Aug, 5AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 17s period, SSW swell with 510 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Friday 14 Aug, 2AM (local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 15s period with SW swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for El Porto Beach this week:
The surf forecast for El Porto Beach over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Friday (Aug 14) at 2AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.6m and 15s period with a secondary swell of 0.3m and 20s. The wind is predicted to be glassy as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at El Porto Beach in the next 16 days are 0.9m 17s and forecast to arrive on Saturday (Aug 15) at 5AM. Winds are predicted to be glassy at the time the swell arrives.
| Wave Type | Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 2AM (Fri 14th Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) 15s |
| Best Surf | 5AM (Sat 15th Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) 17s |
| Most Powerful | 5AM (Sat 15th Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) 17s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for El Porto Beach over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s get into it.
Well, I gotta be straight with you – this 16-day stretch for El Porto Beach is looking pretty grim for most of it. We’re stuck in a pattern of mostly onshore and cross-onshore winds that are just chopping up whatever small swell we’ve got. The first real recommendation doesn’t even pop up until the morning of Thursday, August 20th, and even then it’s just a "surfable but very ordinary" situation. That’s a long wait of over a week with nothing but poor or marginal conditions.
The water temp is a very notable 71°F, running about 6°F warmer than average, so it’s much warmer than usual for this time of year. That’s a real standout.
The best bet in this whole window is a toss-up between two very average, clean windows. The first is Thursday morning, August 20th. We’ve got a tiny 2 ft swell from the SSW, with a long period of 14 seconds, and a light cross-offshore breeze from the SE at only 3 mph. The wave energy is weak (164). It’ll be clean, but don’t expect much push.
The other standout, and probably the one to mark on your calendar, is Saturday morning, August 22nd. Again, it’s small – 1 ft from the SSW, period of 13 seconds, with a light cross-offshore breeze from the SSE at 6 mph. That’s another clean window with weak energy (128). It’s not going to be epic, but it’ll be the cleanest surf of the whole period.
Other than that, the rest is a write-off. The wind is mostly onshore or cross-onshore, and the swell is tiny. For a consistent, exposed beach break like this, that’s a real bummer. The setup is more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing on most days.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastSome drizzle, heaviest during Tue afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Tue afternoon, min 19°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Sat afternoon, min 19°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 11 | Wednesday 12 | Thursday 13 | Friday 14 | Saturday 15 | Sunday 16 | Monday 17 | ||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SW 15 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SW 15 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SSW 14 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 154 | 152 | 143 | 127 | 125 | 124 | 164 | 188 | 137 | 211 | 223 | 330 | 326 | 318 | 306 | 272 | 214 | 214 | 211 | 136 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | glassy | cross-on | on | glassy | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | on | glassy | cross-on | on | glassy |
High Tide | 9:05PM2.07m | 10:33AM1.38m | 9:50PM2.02m | 11:05AM1.45m | 10:35PM1.91m | 11:38AM1.50m | 11:18PM1.72m | 12:11PM1.53m | 00:03AM1.49m | 12:45PM1.54m | 00:52AM1.25m | 1:20PM1.51m | 1:54AM1.02m | |||||||
Low Tide | 2:53PM0.54m | 4:09AM-0.39m | 3:42PM0.44m | 4:44AM-0.32m | 4:29PM0.37m | 5:18AM-0.19m | 5:17PM0.34m | 5:49AM-0.02m | 6:07PM0.34m | 6:18AM0.18m | 7:02PM0.37m | 6:45AM0.39m | 8:06PM0.41m | |||||||
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 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | 6:16 | — | — |
 | 7:45 | — | — | 7:44 | — | — | 7:43 | — | — | 7:40 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:38 | — | — | 7:37 | — |
mm | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 24 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 24 |
Feels °C | 23 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 23 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SSW 18 | SW 15 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | W 6 |
| kJ | 154 | 152 | 143 | 127 | 125 | 124 | 164 | 188 | 104 | 211 | 223 | 330 | 326 | 318 | 306 | 272 | 214 | 214 | 211 | 55 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 15 | W 4 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SSW 11 | S 11 | S 11 | SSW 20 | SSW 19 | SW 14 | SSW 18 | W 5 | S 11 | W 5 | W 5 | S 10 | S 10 | W 6 | SSW 18 | SSW 14 |
| kJ | 54 | 4 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 21 | 21 | 75 | 137 | 103 | 180 | 11 | 9 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 32 | 136 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | S 12 | S 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | S 10 | S 9 | S 9 | S 11 | SW 13 | W 11 | S 11 | S 11 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | WSW 10 |
| kJ | 29 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 44 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 3 | — | — | SW 12 | W 3 | — | W 8 | — | — | W 3 | W 4 | — | W 5 | — | W 5 | W 4 | W 5 | W 6 | W 5 | — |
| kJ | 2 | — | — | 35 | 2 | — | 5 | — | — | 4 | 14 | — | 12 | — | 28 | 9 | 27 | 41 | 25 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 142 | 19 | 177 | 56 | 19 | 12 | 109 | 0 | 177 | 109 | 0 | 12 | 109 | 19 | 12 | 109 | 0 | 142 | 61 | 0 |
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