Elephant Beach surfForecast / Falkland Islands / Falkland Islands

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Thursday 26 Feb 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
10.7° C
(Which is 1.1°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 4AM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm February 26). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (27 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (27 Feb)3ft (0.9m)7s

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


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Thu
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
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 (?)
0.5
NW
0.6
NW
0.9
NW
1
NNW
1
NNW
1
NNW
1
NNW
1
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
1
N
1.1
N
1.1
N
1.1
N
1.1
N
1.1
N
1.3
N
1.5
N
1.5
N
1.5
N
1.4
N
1.3
N
1.3
N
1.2
N
Period(s) (?)347777777777666666779888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)616639910811110410494849210498918885123186230239291000
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNW
20
N
20
NW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SSW
20
S
10
SW
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:51PM
1.51
3:50AM
1.96
5:09PM
1.56
5:01AM
2.07
6:10PM
1.64
6:01AM
2.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:45PM
0.99
11:29AM
0.40
11:15PM
0.92
12:32PM
0.26
12:18AM
0.80
1:24PM
0.14
Thu
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Sunrise-----6:18-------6:20-------6:22--
Sunset7:57-------7:54-------7:52-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1099101011121211111111111214131312121110101213
Feels °C (?)554667998888910111010987661012
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