Secret spot?We can hide it! El Capitan Surf Forecast / California – Santa Barbara / USA2 – 7 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 16 pm Sunday 03 Jun 2012El Capitan surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots. |
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| Largest waves (m) & direction (?) |
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| Period (s) (?) | 16 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | ||||||
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| Max-energy | 490 | 365 | 1141 | 1543 | 1350 | 1060 | 1564 | 1301 | 699 | 861 | 787 | 519 | 666 | 1177 | 1515 | 1509 | 1341 | 1254 | ||||||
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| Wind State (?) | cross- off |
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at El Capitan blow from the N
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High Tide / height (m) |
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10:20PM 2.05 |
12:03PM 1.22 |
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11:07PM 1.98 |
12:55PM 1.22 |
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11:55PM 1.85 |
1:48PM 1.23 |
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12:46AM 1.67 |
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2:45PM 1.24 |
1:41AM 1.46 |
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3:43PM 1.27 |
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Low Tide / height (m) |
4:00PM 0.48 |
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5:31AM -0.51 |
4:50PM 0.52 |
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6:19AM -0.46 |
5:43PM 0.57 |
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7:07AM -0.35 |
6:42PM 0.62 |
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7:56AM -0.20 |
7:50PM 0.67 |
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8:46AM -0.04 |
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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. |
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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) |
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| Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Mostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 20°C on Sun afternoon, min 13°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Sun night, near gales from the NW by Tue afternoon). | Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Mostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 25°C on Thu afternoon, min 18°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Wed afternoon, light winds from the NNW by Fri morning). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| High °C | 19 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | ||||||
| Low °C | 18 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 17 | ||||||
| Chill °C (?) | 18 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 23 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | ||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 5:47 | - | - | 5:47 | - | - | 5:47 | - | - | 5:47 | - | - | 5:47 | - | - | 5:47 | ||||||
| Sunset | 20:08 | - | - | 20:08 | - | - | 20:09 | - | - | 20:10 | - | - | 20:10 | - | - | 20:10 | - | - | ||||||
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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.
View detailed surf forecast for El Capitan at:
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Information about the El Capitan Surf forecast
The above surf forecast table for El Capitan provides essential information for determining whether the surfing conditions will be good over the next 2-7 days. A general guide to surfing at El Capitan can be found by selecting the local surf guide option on the grey menu. Our El Capitan surf forecast is unique since it includes wave energy (power) that defines the real feel of the surf rather than just the height or the period. If you surf the same spot (El Capitan) regularly then make a mental note of the wave energy from the surf forecast table each time you go. Very soon you may start to choose your surf days based on the wave energy alone combined with our forecast of favourable offshore wind conditions. Our star ratings will help here and of course you will also find the usual wave height and period predictions on our surf forecasts as well as a full break down of the swell components under our advanced users option (to reveal that, click the little Einstein character under the tide times).
Further information to help with frequently asked questions about our surf forecast for El Capitan may be found under the help tab on the top menu and also by moving your mouse over the question marks on the surf forecast table itself. Please always bear in mind that the forecast is for near-shore open water and local factors at each surf break influence the actual breaking wave height, such as the beach / reef profile, water depths offshore and shelter.
El Capitan is 16 km (10 miles) from Isla Vista. If you plan a vacation in Santa Barbara, look for hotels and other accommodation in Isla Vista. Isla Vista has rooms for a wide range of budgets as well as car hire and transport links.
