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El Capitan surfForecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA
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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
15.2° C
(Which is 1.2°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 2AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm May 12). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (13 May) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (13 May) | 3ft (0.9m) | 12s |
| Evening (13 May) | 3ft (0.9m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at El Capitan. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Fri afternoon, min 12°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 12 | Wednesday 13 | Thursday 14 | Friday 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 8 | WNW 12 | SSW 16 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | |
186 | 183 | 173 | 168 | 163 | 161 | 210 | 412 | 206 | 189 | 330 | 300 | 298 | 530 | 429 | 592 | 444 | 436 | 729 | 452 | 442 | 399 | 655 | 563 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | off | glassy | glassy | glassy | on | cross-on | cross-on | |
High Tide | 7:45AM1.56m | 7:48PM2.10m | 8:45AM1.57m | 8:20PM2.26m | 9:43AM1.57m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:55AM0.66m | 1:20PM0.74m | 2:39AM0.40m | 1:57PM0.82m | 3:24AM0.18m | 2:36PM0.91m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:54 | |
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Temp °C | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 22 |
13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 21 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 11 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | SSW 14 |
180 | 176 | 173 | 135 | 135 | 135 | 210 | 278 | 206 | 189 | 183 | 172 | 146 | 530 | 429 | 387 | 263 | 322 | 460 | 452 | 442 | 399 | 452 | 220 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | WNW 11 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SW 12 | S 10 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | WNW 18 |
186 | 183 | 133 | 168 | 163 | 161 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 101 | 186 | 265 | 265 | 295 | 291 | 284 | 38 | 8 | 256 | 252 | 249 | 242 | 236 | 31 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 13 | S 11 | WNW 14 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | S 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 |
26 | 26 | 27 | 30 | 9 | 37 | 62 | 62 | 104 | 119 | 160 | 211 | 298 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 12 | WNW 6 | WNW 7 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | — | — | WNW 8 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 10 | — | — | — | WNW 10 | WNW 10 |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 412 | 88 | 144 | 330 | 300 | — | — | 179 | 592 | 444 | 436 | 729 | — | — | — | 655 | 563 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 166 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 166 | 17 |
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