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El Capitan surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 20 Nov 2025 PST
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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 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Capitan today?

The current surf forecast for El Capitan at 8AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Afternoon (20 Nov)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (20 Nov)5ft (1.6m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
W
1.5
W
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)12101014121010109141414141414141414141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)153125852391317044043547413961556164715041319130113011068915102310539041068538955
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
10
N
5
NW
5
SE
15
ESE
10
NNE
5
NE
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
N
10
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
WNW
10
W
5
WSW
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		glassoffoffcross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		glasscross-
off		offoffoffglassglasscrossglasscross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:33AM
2.13
10:44PM
1.45
9:03AM
2.11
11:33PM
1.41
9:34AM
2.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:20AM
1.12
3:59PM
0.23
2:47AM
1.18
4:37PM
0.25
3:14AM
1.23
5:19PM
0.29
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunrise--6:37-------6:37-------6:39-----
Sunset-----4:52-------4:52-------4:52--
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111111121212121110111114161614131212121719181414
Feels °C (?)1010101191111989913141512111010101616171212
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