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El Capitan Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Santa Barbara (36 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
El Capitan surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 10 Jul 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at El Capitan today?
The current surf forecast for El Capitan at 3AM is: 1.4m 7s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 19s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm July 10). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (11 Jul) | 4ft (1.2m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (11 Jul) | 2ft (0.6m) | 17s |
| Evening (11 Jul) | 2ft (0.6m) | 17s |
Table - waves today at El Capitan. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thu 10 | Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | Sunday 13 | Monday 14 | Tuesday 15 | Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | Fri 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | |
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| Period(s) (?) | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
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| Energy (?) | 384 | 402 | 410 | 352 | 315 | 518 | 348 | 423 | 442 | 330 | 288 | 351 | 295 | 328 | 278 | 284 | 347 | 277 | 351 | 330 | 293 | 325 | 354 | 342 | 330 | 279 | 241 | 275 | 307 | 355 | 337 | 252 | 194 | 153 | 266 | 432 | 364 | 320 | 385 | 403 | 381 | 390 | 382 | 483 | 478 | 546 | 524 | 518 | 542 | 397 | 390 | 544 | 602 | 667 | 419 | 293 | 289 | 618 | 650 | 510 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | off | cross- off | glass | glass | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | glass | cross | glass | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | off | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | off | glass | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:48PM 2.23 | 12:06PM 1.47 | 10:26PM 2.22 | 12:39PM 1.50 | 11:05PM 2.15 | 1:12PM 1.55 | 11:46PM 2.03 | 1:46PM 1.63 | 12:33AM 1.85 | 2:23PM 1.72 | 1:31AM 1.64 | 3:03PM 1.81 | 2:47AM 1.43 | 3:48PM 1.92 | 4:33AM 1.28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 5:20AM 0.12 | 4:10PM 1.16 | 5:54AM 0.14 | 4:55PM 1.14 | 6:27AM 0.19 | 5:47PM 1.13 | 7:00AM 0.28 | 6:48PM 1.10 | 7:33AM 0.41 | 8:01PM 1.04 | 8:08AM 0.57 | 9:26PM 0.94 | 8:47AM 0.74 | 10:55PM 0.77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thu 10 | Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | Sunday 13 | Monday 14 | Tuesday 15 | Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | Fri 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 5:56 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:56 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:56 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | 8:14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:12 | - | - | - |
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| Temp. °C | 24 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 15 |
| Feels °C (?) | 22 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
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