
Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at El Zunzal today (20 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 19s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 18s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for El Zunzal at 10PM is: 0.9m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (20 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 19s |
| Evening (20 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 18s |
Table - waves today at El Zunzal. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 37mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 29°C on Wed morning, min 26°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Sun 20 | Monday 21 | Tuesday 22 | |||||||||||||||||
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 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SW 16 |
Wave Graph | |||||||||||||||||||
643 | 637 | 578 | 541 | 534 | 534 | 703 | 703 | 695 | 516 | 493 | 469 | 521 | 515 | 502 | 447 | 441 | 441 | 496 | |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross | glassy | glassy | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 9:43PM1.43m | 10:06AM1.62m | 10:52PM1.46m | 11:11AM1.63m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:35PM0.64m | 3:40AM0.72m | 4:41PM0.65m | 4:52AM0.72m | 5:41PM0.61m | ||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
5:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:53 | — | — | |
mm | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Temp °C | 28 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 26 |
Feels °C | 32 | 31 | 33 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 29 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 10 |
643 | 637 | 578 | 541 | 534 | 534 | 703 | 703 | 695 | 516 | 493 | 469 | 521 | 515 | 502 | 447 | 441 | 441 | 235 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 12 | SSW 12 | S 7 | S 7 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | S 7 | SW 16 |
144 | 123 | 51 | 50 | 117 | 113 | 111 | 107 | 107 | 121 | 105 | 105 | 105 | 79 | 96 | 78 | 75 | 36 | 496 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 8 | SSE 8 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 7 | S 8 | S 8 | SSW 10 | W 5 |
45 | 48 | 121 | 119 | 37 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 46 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 26 | 32 | 32 | 60 | 2 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SW 7 | WSW 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | 12 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 322 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 473 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 145 | 9 | 0 |
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