Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at El Zunzal today (22 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 14s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 14s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for El Zunzal at 9PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (22 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (22 Aug) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 14s |
| Evening (22 Aug) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at El Zunzal. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 32°C on Mon morning, min 26°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Sat 22 | Sunday 23 | Monday 24 | |||||||||||||||||
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) | SW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 19 | SW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 12 | SW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 |
Wave Graph | |||||||||||||||||||
194 | 250 | 250 | 239 | 232 | 232 | 232 | 243 | 180 | 151 | 286 | 286 | 408 | 327 | 280 | 99 | 312 | 368 | 355 | |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | off | cross-off | off | cross-off | off | glassy | cross-on | on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | off | glassy | cross-on | on | glassy | glassy |
High Tide | 10:21PM1.42m | 10:47AM1.68m | 11:29PM1.43m | 11:48AM1.70m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:22PM0.62m | 4:18AM0.68m | 5:27PM0.62m | 5:24AM0.68m | 6:26PM0.57m | ||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | 6:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:14 | — | |
mm | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Temp °C | 30 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 30 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 28 |
Feels °C | 33 | 33 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 35 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 28 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 32 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | SSW 14 | SSE 10 | SSW 13 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SW 18 | S 9 | SE 8 | SW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 |
146 | 144 | 144 | 141 | 128 | 232 | 169 | 158 | 79 | 73 | 47 | 286 | 408 | 327 | 81 | 71 | 312 | 368 | 355 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 7 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | S 10 | SSW 14 | S 10 | SW 13 | SSW 13 | S 10 | S 9 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | S 10 | SSW 12 | SE 7 | SE 6 |
57 | 250 | 250 | 239 | 232 | 123 | 232 | 92 | 180 | 151 | 89 | 83 | 147 | 147 | 138 | 67 | 98 | 55 | 32 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SSW 20 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | S 10 | S 10 | SSW 18 | SSW 13 | S 9 | S 9 | SSW 18 | SSW 12 | W 6 | S 9 | S 9 |
194 | 38 | 27 | 24 | 19 | 149 | 148 | 243 | 92 | 90 | 286 | 149 | 81 | 83 | 280 | 99 | 1 | 60 | 61 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | E 6 | NE 3 | SE 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ESE 5 | — | — | SSE 8 | — | — |
— | — | — | — | — | 17 | 2 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | 122 | — | — | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 322 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 243 | 521 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 506 | 246 | 0 | 0 |
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