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El Capitan Surf Forecast
/ CAL – Santa Barbara (36 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
El Capitan surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 08 May 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at El Capitan today?
The current surf forecast for El Capitan at 12AM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm May 08). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (09 May) | - | - |
| Afternoon (09 May) | - | - |
| Evening (09 May) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at El Capitan. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thu 08 | Friday 09 | Saturday 10 | Sunday 11 | Monday 12 | Tuesday 13 | Wednesday 14 | Thursday 15 | Fri 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 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 | 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 | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 18 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 249 | 217 | 196 | 274 | 144 | 142 | 276 | 273 | 192 | 122 | 165 | 340 | 326 | 243 | 224 | 183 | 292 | 147 | 147 | 444 | 453 | 370 | 464 | 431 | 417 | 275 | 84 | 54 | 268 | 80 | 154 | 154 | 79 | 142 | 127 | 190 | 228 | 444 | 701 | 892 | 976 | 1024 | 782 | 687 | 554 | 527 | 665 | 320 | 380 | 394 | 466 | 388 | 304 | 541 | 221 | 203 | 199 | 144 | 184 | 186 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | off | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | off | off | glass | glass | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | off | off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 8:15PM 1.95 | 8:53AM 1.55 | 8:36PM 2.01 | 9:38AM 1.54 | 8:58PM 2.06 | 10:22AM 1.52 | 9:22PM 2.09 | 11:07AM 1.49 | 9:49PM 2.10 | 11:55AM 1.44 | 10:18PM 2.08 | 12:48PM 1.39 | 10:49PM 2.05 | 1:51PM 1.36 | 11:22PM 2.01 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:53AM 0.59 | 2:17PM 0.84 | 3:27AM 0.46 | 2:43PM 0.93 | 4:00AM 0.36 | 3:10PM 1.02 | 4:35AM 0.30 | 3:35PM 1.10 | 5:12AM 0.27 | 4:01PM 1.17 | 5:52AM 0.29 | 4:24PM 1.23 | 6:36AM 0.32 | 4:45PM 1.28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thu 08 | Friday 09 | Saturday 10 | Sunday 11 | Monday 12 | Tuesday 13 | Wednesday 14 | Thursday 15 | Fri 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 6:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:56 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:54 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 27 | 29 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 12 |
| Feels °C (?) | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 24 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
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