Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.91° N 114.46° W

El Cardon 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 am 15 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Cardon sea temperature is
26.4°C
6.5° 

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 (15 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Cardon at 7PM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 15). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Afternoon (15 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (15 Oct)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 30°C on Fri morning, min 24°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri afternoon, strong winds from the ENE by Sat morning).

Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
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
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
3
1
0
0
1
1
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SW
20
0.6
SW
20
0.6
SW
19
0.6
SW
19
0.6
SW
18
0.8
SW
18
0.8
SW
18
0.8
SW
18
0.8
SW
18
0.8
SW
18
0.8
SW
17
0.9
SW
16
0.8
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
220
220
220
220
217
169
169
138
239
239
236
299
269
379
375
375
370
366
354
395
318
381
Wind (km/h)
20
NNE
25
NE
35
NNE
35
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
NE
5
ESE
5
E
5
NE
10
NNE
20
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
30
ENE
45
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
20
ENE
10
NE
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
off
cross-off
glassy
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
High Tide
10:56AM2.18m
00:51AM1.34m
11:24AM2.03m
12:02PM1.87m
Low Tide
6:25PM0.67m
4:13AM1.23m
7:36PM0.81m
9:38PM0.86m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
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2
3
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Temp °C
24
27
29
28
26
26
25
25
25
30
30
30
28
29
27
26
25
27
28
26
25
25
Feels °C
20
22
22
21
22
23
24
24
23
29
30
29
28
27
27
26
23
21
23
23
24
25
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