Surf Forecast Surf Report

El Capitan surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 23 May 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
14.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at El Capitan today?

The current surf forecast for El Capitan at 7AM is: 1.7m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am May 23). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 May)5ft (1.6m)8s
Afternoon (23 May)6ft (1.9m)7s
Evening (23 May)2.5ft (0.7m)16s

Table - waves today at El Capitan. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
0.7
SSW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.7
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
0.8
SSW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
0.7
SSW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.8
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.4
NW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)88881777161682020191818181818171716161616161515151514141478888161111111111111510101010108888899988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)587477363256268356297298269319298298383474459329443438453432512499402397382362318318242249236236288327469216277322401394595533441433236279298298245421228211343412513562926645525432
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
10
WSW
15
W
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
0
SSE
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
W
20
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
5
N
0
E
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
NW
5
N
5
N
5
NE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNE
0
NE
0
NE
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
WNW
5
N
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SSE
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
off
glassglassglassoncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:20AM
1.55
7:27PM
2.17
8:28AM
1.56
8:03PM
2.32
9:32AM
1.56
8:43PM
2.43
10:34AM
1.56
9:26PM
2.48
11:34AM
1.54
10:11PM
2.46
12:35PM
1.52
10:59PM
2.38
1:39PM
1.50
11:50PM
2.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:31AM
0.64
12:55PM
0.71
2:22AM
0.36
1:37PM
0.82
3:11AM
0.12
2:20PM
0.92
4:01AM
-0.04
3:04PM
1.01
4:52AM
-0.12
3:51PM
1.09
5:44AM
-0.11
4:40PM
1.16
6:38AM
-0.04
5:34PM
1.22
7:33AM
0.07
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise--5:52-------5:52-------5:50-------5:50-------5:50-------5:50-------5:48-------5:48-
Sunset------8:00-------8:00-------8:01-------8:02-------8:04-------8:04-------8:05-----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1313172324231412101014202221141099141922221511101115222522151212141721212018161413162222231816151317222423212019182228
Feels °C (?)11111621211910977121819171176713172020128791320211711910131720201816151312152121221715151317212323212019172127
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