El Cardon Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.91° N 114.46° W

El Cardon 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Cardon sea temperature is
26.3°C
5.2° 

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 (08 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Cardon at 9AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (08 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (08 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 28°C on Wed morning, min 23°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SW
10
0.6
SSW
13
0.8
SW
9
0.8
SW
9
0.7
SW
9
0.4
SW
17
0.4
SW
16
0.4
SW
16
0.4
SW
16
0.4
SW
16
0.5
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
17
0.6
SW
17
0.7
SW
17
0.7
SW
17
0.7
SW
17
0.8
SW
17
0.8
SW
17
0.8
SW
16
0.8
SW
16
0.8
SW
16
0.8
SW
16
0.8
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
170
118
103
97
81
83
95
94
93
93
129
171
175
183
290
290
290
346
342
310
302
299
299
295
Wind (km/h)
5
WSW
0
SE
5
SW
5
S
10
SW
10
W
5
WNW
5
W
0
SSW
5
WNW
5
S
5
SW
10
WSW
20
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
5
WSW
5
W
5
W
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
Wind State
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
on
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
High Tide
8:24AM1.92m
7:43PM2.45m
8:50AM2.06m
8:27PM2.47m
9:16AM2.19m
9:08PM2.42m
Low Tide
1:57AM0.16m
1:39PM0.95m
2:30AM0.14m
2:23PM0.76m
3:01AM0.18m
3:03PM0.61m
rain showers
rain showers
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rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
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part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:18
6:18
6:20
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:51
6:50
6:49
 mm
2
2
2
1
2
3
1
Temp °C
24
24
24
27
27
26
26
25
24
25
26
28
28
27
27
27
25
24
25
27
27
26
25
24
Feels °C
28
28
27
30
29
29
30
28
28
28
30
31
30
27
28
30
28
27
28
29
28
26
27
27
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