El Unico Surf Break

Lat Long: 18.47° N 66.24° W

El Unico 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 18 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Unico sea temperature is
28.9° C
0.4° 

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 (18 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for El Unico at 11AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (18 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (18 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 33°C on Wed afternoon, min 26°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.7
ENE
5
0.4
E
8
0.4
E
8
0.4
E
8
0.4
E
8
0.4
E
8
0.4
E
8
0.7
E
8
0.7
E
8
0.6
E
8
0.7
E
8
0.4
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
6
1
E
6
0.3
NNE
7
0.3
NNE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
70
70
70
76
33
32
33
24
21
21
21
21
21
21
66
68
50
68
22
62
78
10
10
Wind (km/h)
10
E
10
ESE
20
NE
30
ENE
25
ENE
20
E
15
E
15
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
25
E
25
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
20
ESE
20
E
25
E
30
E
20
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:21PM0.52m
00:48AM0.36m
2:17PM0.50m
1:27AM0.33m
3:15PM0.49m
Low Tide
6:27AM0.09m
7:48PM0.21m
7:08AM0.08m
8:55PM0.23m
7:53AM0.08m
10:03PM0.23m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:07
6:07
6:07
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:50
6:49
6:47
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
26
28
30
30
29
28
27
26
26
27
31
33
32
29
27
26
26
28
31
31
30
28
26
Feels °C
29
31
31
30
29
30
30
29
29
30
33
32
32
31
30
29
30
30
31
30
29
30
28
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