El Carmel Point surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 14 Apr 2026 PDT
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El Carmel Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Carmel Point sea temperature is
18.6° C
(Which is 3.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Carmel Point today?

The current surf forecast for El Carmel Point at 9AM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 14). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (14 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (14 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)14131616161616131615151515151514141414141413109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)191183127127127127127120245220174220106136136214169167167167208144159168
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
5
WNW
0
SSW
10
SW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
N
5
N
10
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
5
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassononononononglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:41AM
1.49
8:14PM
1.58
8:26AM
1.50
8:40PM
1.74
9:10AM
1.47
9:09PM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:03AM
0.29
2:17PM
-0.01
2:42AM
0.07
2:46PM
0.03
3:23AM
-0.12
3:15PM
0.11
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise--6:20-------6:18-------6:18-----
Sunset-----7:17-------7:17-------7:19--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161515161617161616151516161616161616161717171716
Feels °C (?)141415141314131516141414141416161616161514141515
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