El Cardon surfForecast / Baja Norte / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 16 Apr 2026 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
17.8° C
(Which is 1.1°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 7AM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (17 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s

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


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Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.5
SW
0.9
WNW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)171414151616159914141010101014913131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7189951461601621161021081001381731521161439511388888887878785
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
W
25
W
25
WNW
25
NW
20
WNW
5
N
0
WNW
0
WNW
10
WSW
20
W
25
WNW
15
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
10
W
5
W
15
W
20
W
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglassglassoncross-
on
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:53PM
2.60
9:39AM
2.10
9:24PM
2.69
10:24AM
1.98
9:57PM
2.70
11:12AM
1.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:26AM
0.11
3:08PM
0.67
4:08AM
0.03
3:38PM
0.80
4:53AM
0.05
4:08PM
0.94
Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise----6:09-------6:09-------6:07---
Sunset-------7:04-------7:05-------7:06
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161616161618181917161617182221201919181718202120
Feels °C (?)131412131315131513141617182018161718181618181716
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