Elephant Beach surfForecast / Falkland Islands / Falkland Islands

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Sunday 19 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
9.7° C
(Which is 1.7°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 5AM is: 0.2m 6s primary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00am April 19). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)--
Afternoon (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)4s
Evening (19 Apr)5ft (1.6m)5s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
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 (?)
0.4
NW
1.1
NNE
0.2
NNW
1.1
NNE
1
SSW
1.1
SW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
W
1.2
WNW
1.1
NW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.5
NNW
Period(s) (?)61161144555555545587777566
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)903032459011510080665164477257988682676872113145
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
ESE
20
S
35
S
35
SSW
25
SW
50
SW
45
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WSW
25
WNW
30
W
25
WSW
25
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
NNW
25
N
30
N
25
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:06AM
2.17
9:15PM
2.34
9:57AM
2.06
10:01PM
2.34
10:52AM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:00PM
0.47
3:48AM
0.11
3:41PM
0.60
4:49AM
0.15
4:26PM
0.74
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise---7:45-------7:47-------7:48----
Sunset------6:01-------6:00------5:58--
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--44431-----------------
Temp. °C887756666678999988891010109
Feels °C (?)452-1-30-5-5-3-201332334465355
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