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El Cardon surfForecast / Baja Norte / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 14 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 7PM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 21s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)--
Afternoon (14 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (14 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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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
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)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
W
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
W
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
Period(s) (?)141313131313131817161616151514141414141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)352336331249246242189304315346421509605543529437437521431419407390378372
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
15
N
15
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
10
W
15
NW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NE
5
NE
10
W
10
NW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NE
5
NNE
10
NE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:35PM
1.54
6:06AM
2.29
8:02PM
1.61
6:44AM
2.39
8:29PM
1.66
7:20AM
2.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:58PM
0.45
11:38PM
1.27
1:31PM
0.33
12:22AM
1.21
2:02PM
0.23
12:59AM
1.14
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise------6:31-------6:31-------6:31-
Sunset-5:00-------5:01-------5:02------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242421201919192224232121212020232423222122212024
Feels °C (?)201916161515151921191818171616202019191819181620
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