El Capitan surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 10 Jul 2025 PDT
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El Capitan surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Capitan sea temperature is
17.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


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) & DateWave HeightWave 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)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Fri
18
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.4
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)88778817179991616161616161515151515171416141414161515151515211414201919181818181818171616161616161615151510109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)384402410352315518348423442330288351295328278284347277351330293325354342330279241275307355337252194153266432364320385403381390382483478546524518542397390544602667419293289618650510
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
0
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
0
WNW
0
ENE
5
ENE
5
SE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
WNW
0
W
0
WSW
5
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
W
0
NNW
0
N
5
ENE
10
SE
10
S
10
SW
10
SW
10
W
0
WNW
5
ESE
5
E
5
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
0
W
0
SE
0
ESE
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
W
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
0
ENE
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
NNW
10
N
5
N
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscrossglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offglassglass
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-------
Sunset8:14-------8:14-------8:14-------8:13-------8:13-------8:13-------8:12-------8:12---
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C241918182025262620171515172223221616151518232424181717161823252519171515172123221614141316212121171515141723252520161515
Feels °C (?)221817172024252520171515162122211616151618222323171717161723242419181515172022211615141316202020171415141822242419151414
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