Elephant Beach surfForecast / Falkland Islands / Falkland Islands

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Friday 20 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
10.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Elephant Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Elephant Beach at 12PM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00am February 20). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (20 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (20 Feb)2ft (0.6m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
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 (?)
1.1
N
1
N
1
N
0.7
NW
0.9
N
0.6
NW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
Period(s) (?)776666666555555555666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1118984396428222127294137272830292829303030242416
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
15
N
15
N
20
NNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
0
N
15
E
5
ENE
5
ESE
10
S
20
SSE
10
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
10
S
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:36AM
2.26
10:08PM
1.91
10:19AM
2.18
10:47PM
1.95
11:06AM
2.04
11:30PM
1.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:13AM
0.49
4:08PM
0.25
3:54AM
0.46
4:37PM
0.36
4:40AM
0.46
5:09PM
0.51
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise-6:05-------6:07-------6:09------
Sunset----8:09-------8:07-------8:06---
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C91113141412111111131414151411111113151616121110
Feels °C (?)6781010989810101214149101111111312998
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