Elephant Beach surfForecast / Falkland Islands / Falkland Islands

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 am Tuesday 27 Jan 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 1.2°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 6AM is: 0.3m 5s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00am January 27). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)--
Afternoon (27 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Evening (27 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)7s

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

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Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.7
N
1.1
N
1.7
N
2
N
2
N
1.8
N
1.6
N
1.4
N
1.2
N
1.1
N
0.8
NNW
0.9
NNW
1
N
1
N
0.7
NNW
0.9
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.1
N
0.7
NNE
0.9
N
Period(s) (?)875886778888799888713131346
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20155016317137443436228321615913088106117110600333190
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
10
W
5
NW
20
N
35
N
35
N
35
N
30
NNW
20
NW
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
SW
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
20
N
20
N
20
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:46AM
1.80
2:27PM
1.67
2:53AM
1.86
3:51PM
1.62
4:03AM
1.97
5:09PM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:11AM
0.66
8:17PM
0.80
9:51AM
0.58
9:39PM
0.87
11:19AM
0.44
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Sunrise--5:22-------5:24-------5:26-----
Sunset------8:52-------8:51-------8:49-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C88891010101010119101314119888101111109
Feels °C (?)45642224686710117555567766
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