Elephant Beach surfForecast / Falkland Islands / Falkland Islands

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Thursday 16 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
9.5° C
(Which is 1.4°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: 2.4m 8s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)7ft (2.2m)8s
Afternoon (17 Apr)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (17 Apr)4ft (1.2m)7s

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


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Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
N
2.5
N
2.4
N
2.4
N
2.3
N
2.2
N
1.8
NNW
1.5
N
1.3
N
1.2
N
1.1
N
1
N
1.2
NNE
1.2
NNE
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.1
N
0.2
N
1.3
NNE
1.4
NNE
1.5
NNE
0.7
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)8898888877777766141271111345
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8918448556876526124062531781380910099412000104484
Wind
(km/h)
35
N
35
N
30
N
35
NNE
30
NNW
25
NW
20
W
15
SW
10
WSW
10
ENE
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
10
ENE
15
ESE
5
NNW
25
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
50
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononcrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:13PM
1.99
7:28AM
2.20
7:51PM
2.15
8:17AM
2.22
8:32PM
2.28
9:06AM
2.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:16AM
0.37
1:45PM
0.29
2:04AM
0.23
2:22PM
0.36
2:54AM
0.14
3:00PM
0.47
Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise-----7:41-------7:43-------7:45--
Sunset6:07-------6:06-------6:04-------
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------------11-111
Temp. °C101010101010111210987778887898887
Feels °C (?)23444578764223445458310-4
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