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Elwha surf break

Elwha surfForecast / Washington / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 PST
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Elwha surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Elwha sea temperature is
9.4° C
 (Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Elwha today?

The current surf forecast for Elwha at 6AM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Afternoon (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (17 Jan)3ft (0.9m)14s

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

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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.9
WSW
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.6
WSW
0.5
W
0.3
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
Period(s) (?)111116151514141415141314141413131311132019181817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)85578711815928026531315389238136103101909056938475124162225270
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
10
E
10
E
15
E
15
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
5
E
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:04PM
2.22
4:38AM
1.51
12:46PM
2.20
4:41AM
1.55
1:27PM
2.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:29PM
-0.28
5:57AM
1.51
9:03PM
-0.32
7:45AM
1.46
9:35PM
-0.30
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise---7:58-------7:56-------7:56----
Sunset-----4:50-------4:52-------4:52--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C998101111101099891110998889111098
Feels °C (?)454677675645886655568765
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