El Cardon Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.91° N 114.46° W

El Cardon 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Cardon sea temperature is
25.1°C
4.0° 

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 (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 12s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Cardon at 8AM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)5ft (1.5m)14s
Afternoon (06 Sep)5ft (1.6m)14s
Evening (06 Sep)5ft (1.5m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Tue afternoon. Warm (max 28°C on Sun morning, min 23°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
3
1
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
SSW
14
1.5
SSW
14
1.5
SSW
14
1.2
SSW
12
1.6
SW
14
1.6
SW
14
1.5
SW
12
1.4
SW
12
1.4
SW
11
1.4
SW
11
1.4
SW
12
1.3
SW
12
1.2
SW
12
1.1
SW
11
1
SW
10
1
SW
11
1
SW
11
0.8
SW
9
0.9
SW
10
0.8
SW
9
0.8
SW
10
0.8
SW
10
0.4
SW
16
0.4
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
862
850
908
405
988
975
667
587
530
455
480
448
383
309
200
220
220
106
157
101
110
110
95
94
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
15
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
5
WNW
5
SW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
SW
15
W
20
W
10
W
5
SW
5
W
5
SSW
5
S
10
S
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
NW
5
WSW
Wind State
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
glassy
cross-on
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
High Tide
7:33AM1.60m
5:51PM2.23m
7:58AM1.77m
6:53PM2.36m
8:24AM1.92m
7:43PM2.45m
Low Tide
00:29AM0.42m
11:39AM1.35m
1:17AM0.26m
12:49PM1.16m
1:57AM0.16m
1:39PM0.95m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:18
6:18
6:18
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:53
6:52
6:51
 mm
1
Temp °C
26
26
26
28
28
28
25
25
24
23
25
28
27
27
24
23
23
23
23
26
27
26
25
26
Feels °C
27
27
27
27
26
27
25
27
26
25
27
29
27
27
26
26
26
26
26
28
29
28
28
29
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