Elephant Beach surfForecast / Falkland Islands / Falkland Islands

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Thursday 12 Mar 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
10.8° C
(Which is 1.5°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 5PM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a North direction and 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 08:00am March 12). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)7ft (2.2m)8s
Afternoon (12 Mar)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (12 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)8s

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


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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
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 (?)
2.2
N
2.2
NNW
2
NNW
1.6
N
1.5
N
1.4
N
1.3
N
1.3
N
1.3
N
1.2
N
1.1
N
1.1
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
0.4
WSW
0.1
N
0.3
W
0.2
WNW
0.9
N
1
N
1.4
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.8
NNE
Period(s) (?)8888888888888873146688866
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)566646521343301245219217223190156153987169445300000
Wind
(km/h)
35
NNW
35
WNW
35
W
25
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
15
N
20
NNW
10
W
30
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
W
15
NNW
15
N
25
NNE
30
NNE
35
NE
35
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:16PM
1.28
2:51AM
1.58
4:47PM
1.30
4:09AM
1.64
5:38PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:10AM
0.87
7:27PM
1.15
10:44AM
0.80
9:40PM
1.13
11:43AM
0.68
10:57PM
1.04
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise-6:41-------6:43-------6:46------
Sunset----7:25-------7:23-------7:22---
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------21----------
Temp. °C12131414131110101011111298877910109888
Feels °C (?)6678986667710333347663100
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