El Capitan Webcam and Surf Cam

Lat Long: 34.46° N 120.02° W

Issued: 3 pm 09 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's El Capitan sea temperature is

22.4°C

El Capitan surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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HDonTap (Ventura Overhead)

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This is the best El Capitan webcam that we have found on the web. The El Capitan surf cam and those surfcams nearby are not operated by surf-forecast.com, so please contact us if you find the El Capitan surf cam is dead or frequently offline. Also, if you know of a better beach camera that points at a surf spot in the region, let us know. Webcams for El Capitan and elsewhere along the Santa Barbara coast are useful as indicators for general surf conditions that affect other surf breaks in the region.