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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 4 am Friday 23 May 2025 PDT
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) & Date | Wave Height | Wave 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)
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| 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 | 8 AM | 11 AM | |
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| Period(s) (?) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 587 | 477 | 363 | 256 | 268 | 356 | 297 | 298 | 269 | 319 | 298 | 298 | 383 | 474 | 459 | 329 | 443 | 438 | 453 | 432 | 512 | 499 | 402 | 397 | 382 | 362 | 318 | 318 | 242 | 249 | 236 | 236 | 288 | 327 | 469 | 216 | 277 | 322 | 401 | 394 | 595 | 533 | 441 | 433 | 236 | 279 | 298 | 298 | 245 | 421 | 228 | 211 | 343 | 412 | 513 | 562 | 926 | 645 | 525 | 432 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | off | glass | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | off | off | off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | glass | glass | on | on | cross- on | cross- off | glass | glass | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | glass | on | on | cross- on | cross- off | glass | glass | glass | on | cross- 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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| Temp. °C | 13 | 13 | 17 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 22 | 28 |
| Feels °C (?) | 11 | 11 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 27 |
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