El Cardon surfForecast / Baja Norte / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 17 Apr 2026 PDT
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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
17.8° C
(Which is 1.1°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 11PM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)--
Afternoon (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (17 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)1599101414101010101413131313131313131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1161191441861381381521461432239188888887878785858584846174
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
25
WNW
25
NW
20
WNW
5
NNE
0
N
5
W
15
WSW
20
W
30
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
5
W
10
NW
10
W
15
W
20
W
25
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:24PM
2.69
10:24AM
1.98
9:57PM
2.70
11:12AM
1.81
10:33PM
2.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:08PM
0.67
4:08AM
0.03
3:38PM
0.80
4:53AM
0.05
4:08PM
0.94
5:43AM
0.16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise------6:09-------6:07-------6:07-
Sunset-7:04-------7:05-------7:06------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191816161516182121201918181617202019171616151619
Feels °C (?)141412141517181918151717181617181615161516151516
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