pt fr it es uk
Sunset at Sand Beach

2:50 pm 27 Nov 2011

Twins taking it to the beach, Rincon Point

7:48 pm 25 Jul 2010


El Capitan ratings
Quality on a good day: 4.7
Consistency of surf: 2.0
Difficulty level: 4.0
Wind and kite surfing: 1.0
Crowds: 3.0

See all 18 ratings

Based on 3 votes. Vote


Surf Report Feed
Logo_print Setup Email Surf & Wind Alert Secret spot?
We can hide it!

El Capitan Surf Forecast / California – Santa Barbara / USA

48hr Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 16 pm Sunday 03 Jun 2012

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

Rating 2
1
2
2
2
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sun
 03
2PM
Sun
 03
5PM
Sun
 03
8PM
Sun
 03
11PM
Mon
 04
2AM
Mon
 04
5AM
Mon
 04
8AM
Mon
 04
11AM
Mon
 04
2PM
Mon
 04
5PM
Mon
 04
8PM
Mon
 04
11PM
Tue
 05
2AM
Tue
 05
5AM
Tue
 05
8AM
Tue
 05
11AM
Tue
 05
2PM
Tue
 05
5PM
Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.8
SSW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
0.9
SSW
1.0
S
1.0
S
1.5
WNW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
2.3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
3.0
WNW
3.0
WNW
Period (s) (?) 12 12 12 12 17 12 11 16 16 16 11 15 15 8 9 9 9 9
Surfscale
Wave
Graph

(?)
Max-energy 473 451 371 365 372 565 573 416 496 490 523 375 365 600 975 1141 1261 1543
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW 15
W 15
W 10
WNW 10
WNW 10
WNW 10
W 20
WNW 35
WNW 40
WNW 40
NW 35
NW 35
NW 35
NW 35
NW 40
NW 50
NW 50
NW
Wind State (?) cross-
on
cross cross cross cross cross-
off
cross cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
Key to wind character - offshore winds at El Capitan blow from the N
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
Tide State (?) ebb low flow high ebb low flow flow high ebb flow high ebb ebb low flow high ebb
High Tide
/ height (m)



9:34PM
2.05




11:12AM
1.21


10:20PM
2.05




12:03PM
1.22

Low Tide
/ height (m)

3:11PM
0.46



4:44AM
-0.51



4:00PM
0.48




5:31AM
-0.51


4:50PM
0.52
 

Note: the tide data above is for Gaviota, California which is 18 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for El Capitan. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.

Advanced Show advanced wave information
 

Today's El Capitan sea temperature is 13.1 °C (Statistics for 03 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 14.5 max: 16.4 min: 13.1 °C)

  Sun
 03
2PM
Sun
 03
5PM
Sun
 03
8PM
Sun
 03
11PM
Mon
 04
2AM
Mon
 04
5AM
Mon
 04
8AM
Mon
 04
11AM
Mon
 04
2PM
Mon
 04
5PM
Mon
 04
8PM
Mon
 04
11PM
Tue
 05
2AM
Tue
 05
5AM
Tue
 05
8AM
Tue
 05
11AM
Tue
 05
2PM
Tue
 05
5PM
  clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear
Summary clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear
Rain (mm) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Temp. °C 20 19 18 17 16 16 17 19 19 18 16 13 13 13 14 17 18 18
Chill °C (?) 20 19 18 17 16 16 17 19 18 17 14 10 10 10 12 15 16 16
Sunrise - - - - - - 5:47 - - - - - - - 5:47 - - -
Sunset - 20:07 - - - - - - - 20:08 - - - - - - - 20:08
Wavefinder-local Show local wavefinder
  Sun
 03
2PM
Sun
 03
5PM
Sun
 03
8PM
Sun
 03
11PM
Mon
 04
2AM
Mon
 04
5AM
Mon
 04
8AM
Mon
 04
11AM
Mon
 04
2PM
Mon
 04
5PM
Mon
 04
8PM
Mon
 04
11PM
Tue
 05
2AM
Tue
 05
5AM
Tue
 05
8AM
Tue
 05
11AM
Tue
 05
2PM
Tue
 05
5PM
Global Wavefinder West-pier Double-mouth Club-med_1 Passde-maraa Passde-maraa Passde-maraa Club-med_1 Parea-left Papara Golf-course-reef Betalbatim-beach-taj Easter-reef Easter-reef Easter-reef Easter-reef Easter-reef Trial-harbour Dinner-plates
Rating 6
6
6
7
7
7
6
6
6
6
5
8
9
9
9
8
10
10

Free Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our El Capitan surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site…. Click here to get the code.