Elephant Beach surfForecast / Falkland Islands / Falkland Islands

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Sunday 08 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
11.1° 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 3AM is: 0.3m 7s primary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm March 08). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Afternoon (09 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)4s
Evening (09 Mar)5ft (1.6m)6s

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


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Sun
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
NW
0.2
NNW
0.2
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.7
NNW
1
N
1.2
N
1.6
N
2.2
N
2.4
N
2.3
N
2.1
N
2
N
1.8
N
1.7
N
1.6
N
1.4
N
1.3
N
1.3
N
1.2
N
1.3
N
1.3
N
Period(s) (?)8877777456789109999988887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26510927483978188515771893843721541465404292235224187198183
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
20
N
25
N
30
N
25
NNE
30
NNE
30
N
30
N
30
N
25
N
20
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
N
10
N
15
N
20
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:15PM
1.84
11:47AM
1.62
11:51PM
1.76
12:36PM
1.46
12:32AM
1.67
1:40PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:48PM
0.73
5:29AM
0.65
5:08PM
0.87
6:16AM
0.75
5:34PM
0.99
7:25AM
0.84
Sun
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise-----6:37-------6:39-------6:39--
Sunset7:35-------7:32-------7:30-------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------1--1------------
Temp. °C7666677878910101112131310101011121111
Feels °C (?)23332211113447911118889978
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