Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at La Preciosa today (20 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 12s period with N swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 12s period with N swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 12s period with N swell.
The current surf forecast for La Preciosa at 4PM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 20). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (AST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Oct) | 6ft (1.9m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (20 Oct) | 6ft (1.8m) | 12s |
| Evening (20 Oct) | 5ft (1.6m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at La Preciosa. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 29mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm (max 30°C on Wed afternoon, min 23°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 20 | Wednesday 21 | Thursday 22 | |||||||||||||||||||
11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 12 | N 12 | N 12 | N 12 | N 11 | N 11 | N 11 | N 11 | N 10 | N 10 | N 11 | N 11 | N 11 | N 11 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1065 | 942 | 805 | 690 | 556 | 474 | 408 | 401 | 308 | 249 | 231 | 231 | 274 | 223 | 225 | 221 | 214 | 254 | 249 | 164 | 206 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-on | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 4:08PM0.57m | 4:38AM0.48m | 4:55PM0.57m | 5:29AM0.54m | 5:39PM0.56m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:33AM0.22m | 10:47PM0.22m | 10:36AM0.22m | 11:22PM0.19m | 11:34AM0.21m | ||||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:12 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | 6 | — |
Temp °C | 29 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 24 |
Feels °C | 31 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 25 | 24 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 12 | N 12 | N 12 | N 12 | N 11 | N 11 | N 11 | N 11 | N 10 | N 10 | N 11 | N 11 | N 11 | N 11 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 |
| kJ | 1065 | 942 | 805 | 690 | 556 | 474 | 408 | 401 | 308 | 249 | 231 | 231 | 274 | 223 | 225 | 221 | 214 | 254 | 249 | 164 | 206 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 9 | NNE 14 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | E 8 | NNW 14 | NNE 11 | NNE 11 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | NNE 9 | NE 9 | N 13 | N 14 |
| kJ | 25 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 70 | 40 | 40 | 83 | 58 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 38 | 37 | 34 | 42 | 126 | 140 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 7 | NNE 14 | NNE 14 | NNE 13 | NNE 13 | NNE 13 | N 15 | ENE 8 | SE 4 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | ESE 4 | E 8 | E 8 | E 7 | E 11 | E 7 | NE 9 | NE 10 |
| kJ | 5 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 25 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | E 8 | E 3 | ESE 3 | ESE 3 | ESE 3 | SE 4 | SE 4 | SSE 3 | SE 4 | — | — | SE 3 | SE 4 | — | — | — | E 7 | ESE 3 | SE 4 | SE 5 |
| kJ | — | 35 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | — | — | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | 10 | 8 | 14 | 31 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 325 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 325 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
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