Secret spot?We can hide it! El Capitan Surf Forecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 21 May 2013 PDTEl Capitan surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots. |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) |
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| Period (s) (?) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||
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| Energy (?) | 1660 | 1733 | 1733 | 1943 | 2106 | 2708 | 3182 | 3513 | 3632 | 3124 | 2615 | 2180 | 1824 | 1660 | 1563 | 1575 | 1461 | 1202 | ||||||
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Wind (km/h) |
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| Wind State (?) | cross- off |
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| Tide State (?) | - | flow | ebb | low | flow | high | ebb | low | flow | high | ebb | low | flow | high | ebb | low | flow | high | ||||||
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High Tide / height (m) |
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8:51AM 1.14 |
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8:31PM 1.79 |
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9:41AM 1.18 |
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9:09PM 1.91 |
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Low Tide / height (m) |
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2:44AM -0.03 |
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2:05PM 0.36 |
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3:27AM -0.22 |
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2:47PM 0.38 |
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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
Key to wind character - offshore winds at El Capitan blow from the N
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Today's El Capitan sea temperature is 13.9 °C (Statistics for 21 May 1981-2005 - mean: 14.3 max: 16.1 min: 12.2 °C) |
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| Summary | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | ||||||
| Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Temp. °C | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | ||||||
| Chill °C (?) | 17 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 13 | ||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 5:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:52 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20:00 | - | - | ||||||
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View detailed surf forecast for El Capitan at:
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