Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at El Zonte today (14 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 15s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 15s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for El Zonte at 8PM is: 1.3m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm October 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (14 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (14 Oct) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 15s |
| Evening (14 Oct) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at El Zonte. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 29°C on Wed afternoon, min 26°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Wed 14 | Thursday 15 | Friday 16 | |||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 20 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 818 | 818 | 711 | 656 | 656 | 656 | 647 | 561 | 553 | 545 | 501 | 419 | 413 | 485 | 480 | 584 | 549 | 666 | 777 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross-on | glassy | cross-off | off | off | glassy | cross-on | on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 5:06PM1.85m | 5:18AM2.04m | 5:45PM1.77m | 5:58AM1.94m | 6:27PM1.68m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:05PM0.32m | 11:40AM0.25m | 11:43PM0.40m | 12:21PM0.35m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:37 | — | — |
mm | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Temp °C | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 |
Feels °C | 33 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 31 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 19 | SSW 13 | SSW 18 |
| kJ | 818 | 818 | 711 | 656 | 656 | 656 | 647 | 561 | 553 | 545 | 501 | 419 | 413 | 384 | 440 | 309 | 549 | 427 | 777 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | SSW 21 | SSW 20 | SSW 20 | SSW 20 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 13 | SSW 18 | SSW 13 |
| kJ | 34 | 24 | 33 | 23 | 33 | 22 | 23 | 34 | 23 | 23 | 175 | 264 | 336 | 485 | 480 | 584 | 304 | 666 | 304 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 8 | SSW 6 | W 7 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | SSW 22 | SW 21 | SSW 21 | S 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSW 7 | W 14 | SSW 7 | SSE 7 | — | SSE 7 |
| kJ | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 91 | 117 | 180 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 21 | 18 | — | 17 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 6 | — | — | — | W 6 | W 6 | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | 3 | 7 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 349 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 227 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 248 | 324 | 28 | 0 |
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