Elephant Beach surfForecast / Falkland Islands / Falkland Islands

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm 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 11PM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm February 20). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)--
Afternoon (20 Feb)--
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
Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM
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 (?)
0.8
N
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.5
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.6
N
1.3
NNE
Period(s) (?)666655555555555555666665
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)50232222172120192020201515131918192115151617270
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
5
E
5
SSE
15
SSW
25
SSE
20
SSW
15
S
10
S
5
SE
10
ENE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:08PM
1.91
10:19AM
2.18
10:47PM
1.95
11:06AM
2.04
11:30PM
1.95
12:00PM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:08PM
0.25
3:54AM
0.46
4:37PM
0.36
4:40AM
0.46
5:09PM
0.51
5:35AM
0.50
Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise-----6:07-------6:09-------6:11--
Sunset8:09-------8:07-------8:06-------
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C141212111112141616141311101214151511999101110
Feels °C (?)1099989121615131089111110107666676
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