Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.91° N 114.46° W

El Cardon 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 10 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Cardon sea temperature is
27.3°C
7.1° 

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 (10 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 18s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 17s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Cardon at 8PM is: 0.6m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.5m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Oct)--
Afternoon (10 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Evening (10 Oct)2ft (0.6m)17s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 27°C on Sat afternoon, min 20°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Sat night, calm by Sun night).

Sat
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
2
3
3
2
1
1
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SW
18
1
SW
18
0.6
SW
17
2.4
SW
9
4
SW
12
3
SW
11
2.3
SW
11
1.7
SW
10
1
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.7
SW
19
0.7
SW
18
0.8
SW
18
0.8
SW
18
0.8
SW
18
0.8
SW
18
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
370
600
230
865
4354
2343
1201
553
496
367
362
349
322
314
361
325
379
375
375
391
Wind (km/h)
15
S
30
SSE
50
S
35
SSW
30
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
SE
10
SE
15
S
15
SW
10
WSW
10
W
15
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
9:33PM2.08m
9:21AM2.48m
10:08PM1.95m
9:44AM2.46m
10:42PM1.81m
Low Tide
3:24PM0.29m
3:09AM0.70m
3:56PM0.26m
3:30AM0.82m
4:29PM0.30m
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
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6:35
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6:35
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6:13
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6:12
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6:10
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 mm
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1
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1
1
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Temp °C
27
27
25
24
23
22
22
24
24
23
22
22
21
21
21
23
24
24
23
21
Feels °C
27
25
20
21
21
21
21
23
23
22
23
24
23
23
22
23
24
24
24
21
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