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El Capitan Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Santa Barbara (36 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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El Capitan surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 28 Aug 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at El Capitan today?
The current surf forecast for El Capitan at 10AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am August 28). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (28 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (28 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 14s |
| Evening (28 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at El Capitan. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 28 | Friday 29 | Saturday 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 141 | 142 | 168 | 149 | 129 | 164 | 150 | 188 | 238 | 270 | 262 | 150 | 139 | 197 | 208 | 264 | 129 | 195 | 210 | 297 | 344 | 477 | 446 | 514 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | glass | off | off | glass | glass | on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | off | glass | cross | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:18AM 1.40 | 1:18PM 1.79 | 2:32AM 1.24 | 1:55PM 1.76 | 2:47PM 1.73 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 6:39AM 0.94 | 8:33PM 0.80 | 6:50AM 1.08 | 10:00PM 0.79 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 28 | Friday 29 | Saturday 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 6:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:31 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 7:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:29 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 19 | 18 | 21 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 26 | 24 |
| Feels °C (?) | 19 | 17 | 20 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 25 | 23 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - Santa Barbara
Continuing clean conditions at El Capitan (calm at Santa Barbara Airport 16 km from El Capitan). 0.4m 9s swell from the WSW with a 0.4m 9s swell from the W and a 0.3m 11s groundswell from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
16 km away, 1 h 56 min ago
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