El Cardon Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.91° N 114.46° W

El Cardon 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 am 10 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Cardon sea temperature is
26.1°C
5.1° 

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 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 17s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Cardon at 4PM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)17s
Afternoon (10 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (10 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Thu morning, min 20°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
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)
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SW
17
0.8
SW
16
0.8
SW
16
0.8
SW
16
0.8
SW
16
0.8
SW
16
0.8
SW
16
0.8
SW
16
0.8
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.6
SW
15
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
342
310
302
299
299
295
295
287
266
212
209
209
212
171
169
130
130
128
99
99
96
92
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
15
W
15
W
20
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
W
5
WNW
5
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
9:16AM2.19m
9:08PM2.42m
9:41AM2.28m
9:46PM2.30m
10:06AM2.33m
10:22PM2.13m
Low Tide
3:03PM0.61m
3:28AM0.28m
3:41PM0.51m
3:53AM0.43m
4:18PM0.47m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:20
6:20
6:20
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:49
6:47
6:45
 mm
Temp °C
26
28
28
27
26
25
24
23
24
26
26
25
23
22
22
21
21
23
23
23
22
21
Feels °C
29
30
29
28
28
28
27
26
27
27
26
26
24
23
24
23
23
24
23
23
23
22
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