Elephant Beach surfForecast / Falkland Islands / Falkland Islands

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Tuesday 06 Jan 2026 -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
9.6° 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 3AM is: 1.2m 4s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm January 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)4s
Afternoon (07 Jan)2ft (0.6m)4s
Evening (07 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)4s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
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 (?)
1.5
W
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SW
0.8
WSW
1
WSW
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.6
NW
0.5
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NNW
0.3
NW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
Period(s) (?)554454444455544444555777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)115595058624224121838607360382942321412910113842
Wind
(km/h)
40
SW
35
SW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
35
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
W
25
W
20
WNW
10
WNW
5
WSW
5
S
5
SE
0
SSE
5
W
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
glasscross-
off
glassonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:35PM
1.75
10:32AM
2.34
11:22PM
1.69
11:20AM
2.14
12:10AM
1.64
12:10PM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:00PM
0.05
4:24AM
0.66
5:48PM
0.17
5:14AM
0.71
6:32PM
0.33
6:09AM
0.77
Tue
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise----4:50-------4:50-------4:52---
Sunset-9:12-------9:12-------9:10------
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C8766567887777911121110999111313
Feels °C (?)-2-1-2-3-4-3-2-10-1-1-102466777710119
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