Elwha surf break

Elwha surfForecast / Washington / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 11 Mar 2026 PDT
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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
8.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Elwha today?

The current surf forecast for Elwha at 8AM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Mar)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (11 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (11 Mar)8ft (2.5m)8s

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


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Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.1
W
2.5
WSW
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)1212111111118991010101010910910101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)887778739621536286871138015091643160111941013804632405347332284235240270208160
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
E
5
ENE
10
ESE
15
S
35
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
25
W
25
W
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
W
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
offcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossglassglassglasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:27AM
2.05
7:13AM
2.00
8:28AM
1.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:19PM
0.39
5:22PM
0.34
6:16PM
0.26
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise--7:35-------7:33-------7:31-----
Sunset-----7:13-------7:14-------7:15--
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
111269621111111--111----
Temp. °C555559975445544333344444
Feels °C (?)2323262-1-3-4-3-2-1-2-1-1-1002211-2
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