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El Capitan surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Monday 02 Feb 2026 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
16.1° C
 (Which is 2.4°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 3AM is: 2.0m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm February 02). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Feb)6ft (1.8m)14s
Afternoon (03 Feb)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (03 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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

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Mon
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.3
W
1.8
W
1.9
W
1.6
W
2
W
Period(s) (?)151414141414131313131312121212181616161415141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2394196617481505130310048416815765065063932882372463523853834576171411148410921487
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
0
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
0
E
5
SSW
5
WNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassoffcross-
off		glasscross-
on		glassoffoffoffoffcross-
off		glassglassglassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:52PM
1.72
10:05AM
2.19
11:25PM
1.76
10:48AM
1.99
11:58PM
1.79
11:33AM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:01AM
0.88
4:58PM
0.19
4:51AM
0.86
5:29PM
0.37
5:45AM
0.86
Mon
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise----6:56-------6:54-------6:54---
Sunset-------5:30-------5:31-------5:32
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181817171723252320191919192527252121212120242421
Feels °C (?)171715151522232118161615152324231818171716202017
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