Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.91° N 114.46° W

El Cardon 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's El Cardon sea temperature is
25.8°C
5.1° 

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


How big are the waves at El Cardon today (28 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Cardon at 3AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Sep)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (28 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (28 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)7s

Table - waves today at El Cardon. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Warm (max 32°C on Mon morning, min 20°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, fresh winds from the WNW by Tue morning).

Sun
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
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
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SW
13
0.9
SW
12
0.9
SW
12
0.7
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.8
SW
12
0.5
SW
15
0.6
SW
15
1.3
WNW
7
1.4
WNW
7
1.7
WNW
7
1.8
WNW
8
1.9
WNW
8
1.9
WNW
7
1.7
WNW
7
0.7
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
241
216
212
248
159
164
104
134
153
197
327
373
411
400
294
251
159
157
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NE
10
N
15
NNE
15
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
15
W
10
WNW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
10:04PM2.11m
10:01AM2.51m
10:45PM1.94m
10:31AM2.51m
Low Tide
3:44AM0.62m
4:35PM0.27m
4:09AM0.76m
5:19PM0.32m
clear
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
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Temp °C
28
28
28
27
27
32
30
29
27
25
24
22
21
23
23
22
21
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Feels °C
28
30
30
30
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32
32
28
27
25
23
20
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20
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