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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 27 Mar 2026 PDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
18.9° C
(Which is 3.6°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: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (27 Mar)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (27 Mar)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141414131313131313131313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1301281271271281301671671286388142142142118858482781041041039973
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:25AM
1.51
7:40PM
1.23
6:34AM
1.58
8:07PM
1.35
7:28AM
1.64
8:32PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:48PM
0.80
1:10PM
-0.17
1:01AM
0.61
1:52PM
-0.21
1:52AM
0.41
2:28PM
-0.21
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise--6:43-------6:41-------6:41-----
Sunset-----7:05-------7:06-------7:06--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171717191919181818191921212120191919182120211818
Feels °C (?)181818181718171817181719181817171818161917201718
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