El Cardon Surf Forecast

/ Baja Norte (67 surf breaks) /

Mexico (244 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (28.91° N 114.46° W)

Surf Forecasts:

El Cardon surfForecast / Baja Norte / Mexico

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 19 Oct 2025 PDT

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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 21.1° C
(Which is 1.3°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 1AM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s
Afternoon (20 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s
Evening (20 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	13s

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

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	Sun 19		Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	SW	NW	SW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	SW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	15	13	15	16	15	14	13	16	14	14	14	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	322	310	252	242	186	183	180	173	116	114	114	113	104	102	109	140	196	136	120	122	170	183	183	158
Wind (km/h)	NW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	W	W	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		8:37PM 2.06				8:32AM 2.37				9:09PM 2.02				8:53AM 2.42				9:41PM 1.95				9:14AM 2.44
Low Tide / height (m)				2:22AM 0.68				3:00PM 0.35				2:42AM 0.76				3:28PM 0.29				3:02AM 0.85				3:57PM 0.28

	Sun 19		Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	20	20	20	23	24	22	20	19	19	20	20	23	23	22	20	19	19	18	19	21	22	20
Feels °C (?)	20	20	19	20	20	22	22	20	20	19	19	21	21	23	22	20	19	19	19	16	18	16	17	15

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Baja Norte

Wind Update Cross-off wind 281 km from El Cardon has become light (calm at Puerto Penasco). Waves should be turning clean at El Cardon. 0.8m 15s groundswell from the WNW with a 0.5m 4s local chop, also from the WNW and a 0.2m 8s swell, also from the NW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 33 minutes ago El Cardon

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