El Unico Surf Break

Lat Long: 18.47° N 66.24° W

El Unico 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 20 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Unico sea temperature is
29.8°C
1.3° 

El Unico 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 Unico today (20 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 13s period with NNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 12s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 11s period with NNW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Unico at 10PM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (20 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (20 Oct)5ft (1.5m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 31°C on Wed morning, min 25°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
NNW
12
1.7
NNW
12
1.6
NNW
12
1.6
NNW
12
1.4
NNW
11
1.4
N
11
1.4
N
11
1.3
N
11
1.3
N
11
1.2
N
11
1.2
N
10
0.9
NNW
10
0.9
NNW
10
0.9
NNW
10
0.9
NNW
10
0.9
NNW
10
0.9
NNW
10
0.9
NNW
10
0.9
NNW
10
0.9
NNW
10
1
NNW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
861
807
669
625
513
483
475
396
389
319
308
143
140
176
140
146
176
180
184
180
218
Wind (km/h)
5
ENE
10
NNE
5
NNW
10
SW
5
S
5
S
5
S
5
SSE
0
ESE
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
SW
5
S
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
15
E
20
E
10
S
10
WSW
5
S
Wind State
cross
cross-on
on
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
on
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross
glassy
High Tide
4:11PM0.48m
4:35AM0.38m
4:55PM0.47m
5:29AM0.43m
5:37PM0.46m
Low Tide
9:26AM0.19m
10:58PM0.20m
10:32AM0.20m
11:29PM0.18m
11:34AM0.19m
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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1
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2
2
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Temp °C
30
28
29
27
26
25
25
26
31
30
30
28
26
26
26
27
30
31
29
27
27
Feels °C
33
31
32
30
30
29
28
30
34
32
33
31
30
30
30
31
32
31
32
30
32
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