Elephant Beach surfForecast / Falkland Islands / Falkland Islands

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 -03
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Elephant Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Elephant Beach sea temperature is
5.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Elephant Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Elephant Beach at 7AM is: 1.5m 5s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)5s
Afternoon (18 Sep)5ft (1.6m)6s
Evening (18 Sep)5ft (1.6m)6s

Table - waves today at Elephant Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.7
NW
1.2
NNW
1
NNW
0.6
NW
0.7
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.7
N
0.8
N
1.3
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)555556666667666885544455
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)93100108105981671711722261177535413051618069453935363021
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
35
W
35
W
35
W
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
20
SW
25
SW
35
SW
25
SW
20
SW
25
W
25
W
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
20
W
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
onononcross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:39AM
1.57
5:24PM
2.05
6:24AM
1.65
6:14PM
2.12
7:03AM
1.74
6:58PM
2.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:52AM
0.86
12:49AM
0.25
12:39PM
0.75
1:30AM
0.22
1:18PM
0.65
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise---6:54-------6:52-------6:48----
Sunset------6:45-------6:46-------6:49-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------1--------------1
Temp. °C445576555545776555567776
Feels °C (?)-4-4-4-3-1-3-3-1-20-2-2-101-2-2-1011222
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Falkland Islands

  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 57 km away suggest it is still onshore at Elephant Beach (moderate winds from the WNW at Mount Pleasant Airport). A 1.7m windswell from the WNW

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