Punta Ballena Surf Break

Lat Long: 0.18° S 80.33° W

Punta Ballena 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 19 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Punta Ballena sea temperature is
27.3°C
3.0° 

Punta Ballena surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Punta Ballena today (20 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 20s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 19s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Punta Ballena at 12AM is: 0.5m 19s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-05) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Sep)--
Afternoon (20 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)20s
Evening (20 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)19s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Warm (max 27°C on Sat afternoon, min 25°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
WSW
20
0.4
WSW
20
0.4
WSW
19
0.5
WSW
19
0.5
WSW
19
0.5
WSW
19
0.4
WSW
18
0.7
SW
11
0.5
WSW
18
0.5
WSW
18
0.5
WSW
18
0.5
WSW
18
0.5
WSW
18
0.5
WSW
17
0.5
WSW
16
0.5
WSW
16
0.5
WSW
16
0.5
WSW
16
0.6
WSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
151
149
148
214
212
207
128
126
178
176
176
176
174
160
149
147
147
151
208
Wind (km/h)
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
W
15
W
15
W
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
9:50PM2.00m
10:05AM2.01m
11:14PM1.98m
11:29AM2.00m
Low Tide
3:24PM0.91m
3:56AM1.15m
4:41PM0.98m
5:22AM1.17m
5:58PM0.94m
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6:11
6:11
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6:17
6:17
6:16
 mm
1
2
1
Temp °C
27
26
26
25
25
25
27
27
26
26
26
25
25
25
27
27
27
26
26
Feels °C
29
29
29
28
27
28
30
29
28
29
29
28
28
28
30
29
29
29
29
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