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El Carmel Point Surf Forecast
/ CAL – San Diego County (71 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /
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El Carmel Point surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 PDT
How big are the waves at El Carmel Point today?
The current surf forecast for El Carmel Point at 9PM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (16 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 16s |
| Evening (16 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at El Carmel Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 355 | 339 | 412 | 452 | 447 | 436 | 367 | 353 | 279 | 344 | 259 | 263 | 242 | 236 | 233 | 264 | 264 | 261 | 243 | 145 | 145 | 141 | 143 | 141 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | on | cross- on | on | cross- on | on | on | glass | cross- on | on |
High Tide / height (m) | 6:04PM 1.73 | 8:04AM 1.37 | 7:03PM 1.80 | 8:30AM 1.47 | 7:49PM 1.84 | 8:54AM 1.55 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:26PM 0.87 | 1:42AM -0.10 | 1:24PM 0.70 | 2:20AM -0.13 | 2:09PM 0.54 | 2:52AM -0.11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:33 | - |
| Sunset | - | 6:53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:51 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 22 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 |
| Feels °C (?) | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County
Continuing clean conditions at El Carmel Point (light winds from the NW at San Diego Airport 8 km from El Carmel Point). 0.6m 16s long period groundswell from the SSW with a 0.5m 13s groundswell, also from the SSW and a 0.4m 3s local chop, also from the WNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 h 14 min ago
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