Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.78° N 117.25° W

El Carmel Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 10 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Carmel Point sea temperature is
23.3°C
5.6° 

El Carmel Point 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 Carmel Point today (10 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 13s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 13s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for El Carmel Point at 8PM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm November 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Nov)--
Afternoon (10 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (10 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 24°C on Tue afternoon, min 20°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
2
3
3
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
W
13
0.8
W
13
0.8
W
13
0.7
W
13
0.7
W
13
0.7
W
13
0.8
WNW
13
0.9
WNW
13
0.9
WNW
13
0.9
WNW
13
0.9
WNW
13
0.9
WNW
13
0.9
WNW
13
0.8
WNW
13
0.8
W
13
0.8
W
12
0.8
W
12
0.7
W
12
0.8
WNW
16
0.9
WNW
15
0.9
WNW
14
1
W
15
1.2
W
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
289
225
219
163
163
166
229
286
290
295
295
290
286
225
209
199
190
146
324
395
336
477
734
Wind (km/h)
15
WNW
15
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
E
5
SSW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
0
NW
5
W
5
NW
0
E
5
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SE
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
25
S
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
High Tide
10:18PM1.13m
9:03AM1.83m
11:06PM1.06m
9:32AM1.74m
00:03AM1.01m
Low Tide
4:09PM-0.12m
3:01AM0.75m
4:48PM-0.05m
3:24AM0.83m
5:31PM0.03m
3:46AM0.89m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
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Temp °C
25
24
24
23
23
23
23
24
24
24
23
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23
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21
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Feels °C
24
23
24
23
24
24
22
23
23
24
24
24
23
23
22
22
22
21
21
20
20
18
16
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