Elephant Beach surfForecast / Falkland Islands / Falkland Islands

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Thursday 12 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
11.0° 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 8PM is: 0.9m 4s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm February 12). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)--
Afternoon (12 Feb)3ft (0.9m)4s
Evening (12 Feb)3ft (0.9m)4s

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

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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM
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 (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.1
NW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.6
W
0.3
NW
0.4
NW
0.5
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
NW
0.9
N
1.9
N
1.4
N
1
N
0.9
NNW
1
N
1.1
N
Period(s) (?)444464444444453444666788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)262824261242424131820113751010232301537875111165
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
15
W
20
NW
20
NNW
30
N
35
NNE
45
WSW
35
WSW
30
W
20
SSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:15PM
1.38
4:55AM
1.69
6:07PM
1.44
5:46AM
1.81
6:46PM
1.50
6:28AM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:24AM
0.80
10:36PM
1.09
12:19PM
0.69
11:39PM
1.02
1:01PM
0.56
12:22AM
0.93
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise------5:54-------5:54-------5:56-
Sunset--8:24-------8:23-------8:22-----
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------23----
Temp. °C566345578999879101010998988
Feels °C (?)-4-3-3-4-3-2-1011244455542-10233
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