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El Cardon surfForecast / Baja Norte / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 24 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
17.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at El Cardon today?

The current surf forecast for El Cardon at 11AM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.4m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (24 Jan)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (24 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)141414156661615151515151114141414131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)120118120169135135150256246237231292222167472160154143253249135129175119
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
5
NNW
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NW
10
N
10
N
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
5
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		offoffglasscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:04AM
2.05
11:53AM
1.69
12:50AM
2.10
1:14PM
1.44
1:49AM
2.14
3:36PM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:16AM
0.97
5:55PM
0.78
7:45AM
0.93
6:34PM
0.97
9:33AM
0.80
7:34PM
1.15
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise--6:30-------6:28-------6:28-----
Sunset-----5:08-------5:09-------5:10--
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
131---------------------
Temp. °C161616171817161616151518192018171615151921201817
Feels °C (?)161514121211111213141416171614121111111618151413
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