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El Cardon surfForecast / Baja Norte / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 20 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
17.9° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 2AM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 18s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)2ft (0.6m)17s
Afternoon (21 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Evening (21 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)141313131212161616151514141413131313131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)269282222222205195269266263292284280443356257303298303298238227158158156
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NNE
0
SE
10
W
10
W
10
NW
5
NW
5
WSW
10
WNW
5
NW
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
S
15
SSE
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffglassoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		crossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		glassglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:22PM
1.86
9:38AM
2.35
10:53PM
1.93
10:16AM
2.18
11:26PM
1.99
10:59AM
1.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:30AM
0.98
4:25PM
0.29
4:15AM
0.97
4:53PM
0.42
5:09AM
0.97
Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise----6:31-------6:30-------6:30---
Sunset-------5:07-------5:07-------5:08
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212121202023232120201918181919181717161616171817
Feels °C (?)181718171620191817181716181817161617161616161515
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