Elephant Beach surfForecast / Falkland Islands / Falkland Islands

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Wednesday 08 Apr 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
9.7° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than 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: 1.3m 5s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm April 08). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)5ft (1.6m)6s
Afternoon (09 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (09 Apr)5ft (1.6m)6s

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


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Wed
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
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 (?)
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
NW
1.6
NW
1.7
NW
1.4
NW
1.5
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
W
1.7
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.5
W
1.1
W
1
WNW
1
NW
1.1
NNW
2
N
2.3
N
2.2
N
2.1
N
Period(s) (?)5555566666655555547106789
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)525254879014520915216718819387152185166110554391270295562643678
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
30
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
35
NW
35
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
W
50
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
35
WSW
15
W
20
WNW
20
NNW
30
N
40
N
35
NNW
30
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:50PM
1.73
1:02PM
1.32
12:42AM
1.65
2:22PM
1.25
1:50AM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:47PM
1.01
6:57AM
0.78
5:20PM
1.07
8:27AM
0.80
6:21PM
1.12
9:48AM
0.75
Wed
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise-----7:28-------7:31-------7:31--
Sunset6:25-------6:22-------6:21-------
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C9999910101010109108891097889111212
Feels °C (?)22332224442-1-2-2-1252310478
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