Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at El Capitan today (30 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 15s period with SSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 15s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 15s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for El Capitan at 4AM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (30 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 15s |
| Afternoon (30 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 15s |
| Evening (30 Oct) | 3ft (0.9m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at El Capitan. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Sun afternoon, min 15°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||
Thu 29 | Friday 30 | Saturday 31 | ||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 18 | SSW 15 | SSW 16 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 519 | 519 | 519 | 519 | 506 | 468 | 455 | 449 | 449 | 372 | 437 | 431 | 316 | 316 | 425 | 348 | 679 | 715 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | on | on | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | glassy | glassy |
High Tide | 2:42AM1.40m | 12:40PM2.12m | 4:14AM1.45m | 1:52PM1.97m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:31PM0.15m | 6:08AM1.26m | 8:40PM0.22m | 7:35AM1.33m | 9:52PM0.28m | |||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:07 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Temp °C | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Feels °C | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 15 | SSW 16 |
| kJ | 519 | 519 | 519 | 519 | 506 | 468 | 455 | 449 | 449 | 372 | 437 | 431 | 316 | 316 | 425 | 321 | 679 | 715 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 14 | NW 13 | NW 13 | NW 13 | WNW 13 | NW 13 | WNW 13 | SE 11 | SSW 20 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | NW 12 | NW 11 |
| kJ | 89 | 87 | 85 | 84 | 114 | 83 | 63 | 5 | 75 | 82 | 82 | 56 | 254 | 251 | 180 | 348 | 34 | 33 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | SW 21 | WNW 7 | WNW 7 | S 15 | SE 11 | SSW 19 | SSW 20 | SSW 19 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 15 | WNW 15 |
| kJ | 24 | 24 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 148 | 127 | 212 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 55 | 21 | 21 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 7 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 3 | — | — | — | SSW 10 | — | — | — | S 10 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | 131 | 115 | 2 | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | 8 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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