Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.91° N 114.46° W

El Cardon 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 09 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Cardon sea temperature is
25.4°C
6.5° 

El Cardon surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at El Cardon today (09 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 18s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 16s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Cardon at 6PM is: 0.9m 17s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm November 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Nov)--
Afternoon (09 Nov)3ft (0.9m)18s
Evening (09 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Wed morning, min 24°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
9
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
4
4
3
3
3
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
WNW
13
0.9
WNW
18
1
WNW
16
1.4
WNW
16
1.4
WNW
15
1.4
WNW
15
1.4
WNW
15
1.4
WNW
15
1.4
WNW
14
1.3
WNW
14
1.3
WNW
14
1.2
WNW
14
1.2
WNW
13
1.1
WNW
13
1.1
WNW
13
1.1
WNW
13
1.1
WNW
13
1.1
WNW
13
1.1
WNW
13
1.2
WNW
13
1.1
WNW
13
1.2
WNW
13
1.1
WNW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
282
438
499
1003
904
892
880
811
800
687
649
529
482
402
390
384
390
396
396
499
396
468
396
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
10
W
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
NE
10
NE
5
E
10
WSW
10
WNW
15
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
NE
5
NE
10
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
E
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
High Tide
8:59PM1.80m
8:10AM2.50m
9:33PM1.71m
8:37AM2.44m
10:10PM1.61m
Low Tide
2:39PM0.17m
1:53AM1.01m
3:11PM0.21m
2:15AM1.07m
3:45PM0.30m
2:37AM1.13m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
27
25
25
25
25
24
24
27
27
26
25
25
25
25
25
28
28
27
26
25
25
25
25
Feels °C
26
24
24
25
25
23
22
26
25
25
23
23
24
24
23
26
26
24
24
23
23
23
23
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