Elephant Beach surfForecast / Falkland Islands / Falkland Islands

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am 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 9AM is: 1.0m 4s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00am February 12). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)4s
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
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
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 (?)
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
NW
0.5
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
NW
1.1
N
1.8
N
1.6
N
Period(s) (?)444444444444444446644466
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5850424039292826262420201918157581711942207206
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
40
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
N
30
N
40
N
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosson
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:51AM
1.62
5:15PM
1.38
4:55AM
1.69
6:07PM
1.44
5:46AM
1.81
6:46PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:24AM
0.80
10:36PM
1.09
12:19PM
0.69
11:39PM
1.02
1:01PM
0.56
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise--5:52-------5:54-------5:54-----
Sunset------8:24-------8:23-------8:22-
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
1--11-11--------------13
Temp. °C533567534557910988891010111011
Feels °C (?)-5-6-5-4-4-3-5-4-3-2-20022355466425
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