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El Cardon surfForecast / Baja Norte / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 22 Jan 2026 PST
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El Cardon surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Cardon sea temperature is
18.3° C
 (Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Cardon today?

The current surf forecast for El Cardon at 12AM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 22). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)--
Afternoon (23 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (23 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)13131313131312121212161514141415916131615151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2573032982982982382241581581568373120118120169134134102256246237296314
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
15
W
5
WNW
10
W
0
NNE
5
S
5
SE
5
S
10
SSW
5
SSW
15
SSE
10
S
5
SW
0
N
0
SW
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:16AM
2.18
11:26PM
1.99
10:59AM
1.95
12:04AM
2.05
11:53AM
1.69
12:50AM
2.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:53PM
0.42
5:09AM
0.97
5:23PM
0.59
6:16AM
0.97
5:55PM
0.78
7:45AM
0.93
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise------6:30-------6:30-------6:28-
Sunset-5:07-------5:08-------5:08------
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----------2-111---------
Temp. °C191817161616161717171616161616171817161615151516
Feels °C (?)171617151716161716171515161716141412131313131415
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