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Elephant Beach surfForecast / Falkland Islands / Falkland Islands

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 pm Friday 16 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
10.3° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Elephant Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Elephant Beach at 1AM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a North direction and 1.1m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)6ft (1.9m)7s
Afternoon (17 Jan)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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

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Fri
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
N
1.4
N
1.2
N
1.3
N
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.2
NNW
1.1
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.7
N
0.6
N
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.8
WSW
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
NW
1.4
NW
1.7
NNW
1.8
NW
Period(s) (?)888877888888444444445566
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)275234172193392392359170135775741514539212830244264102176245
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
25
WNW
35
WNW
35
W
40
W
40
W
35
W
30
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
20
WSW
25
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
40
NW
35
NW
35
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		ononononcross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:06PM
1.58
6:53AM
1.97
7:43PM
1.61
7:31AM
2.07
8:18PM
1.63
8:07AM
2.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:44AM
0.92
1:58PM
0.46
1:19AM
0.85
2:35PM
0.38
1:51AM
0.79
Fri
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise----5:05-------5:05-------5:07---
Sunset-9:05-------9:04-------9:02------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------11----------------
Temp. °C12101010910101197767999109899111111
Feels °C (?)543212241-1-1-2-100143234344
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