Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.91° N 114.46° W

El Cardon 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Cardon sea temperature is
27.2°C
6.9° 

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 (09 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 19s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Cardon at 12AM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Afternoon (09 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)19s
Evening (09 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 27°C on Thu afternoon, min 22°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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
1
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SW
16
0.8
SW
16
0.8
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.8
SW
16
0.8
SW
15
0.8
SW
15
0.8
SW
15
0.7
SW
19
0.7
SW
19
0.6
SW
19
0.6
SW
19
0.6
SW
18
0.6
SW
18
0.7
SW
18
0.8
SW
18
0.8
SW
18
1
SW
18
0.6
SW
17
0.6
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
302
299
295
353
287
284
273
262
369
369
251
222
255
252
307
375
370
600
230
214
Wind (km/h)
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
10
SW
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
SE
0
ESE
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
25
SSE
25
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
High Tide
8:19PM2.21m
8:35AM2.37m
8:57PM2.17m
8:58AM2.45m
9:33PM2.08m
Low Tide
2:17PM0.53m
2:22AM0.48m
2:51PM0.38m
2:47AM0.58m
3:24PM0.29m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
light rain
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Temp °C
27
26
24
23
23
22
23
26
25
25
23
22
22
22
23
25
26
26
25
23
Feels °C
29
27
26
26
26
25
26
28
26
26
25
24
24
25
25
24
25
27
24
22
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