Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at El Carmel Point today (28 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with SSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for El Carmel Point at 12PM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (28 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (28 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 12s |
| Evening (28 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at El Carmel Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Tue morning, min 20°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 28 | Tuesday 29 | Wednesday 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SW 12 | SW 11 | W 7 | W 8 | WNW 8 | W 8 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 295 | 264 | 264 | 286 | 268 | 205 | 179 | 155 | 201 | 240 | 200 | 350 | 310 | 258 | 258 | 258 | 255 | 251 | 248 | 245 | 284 | 266 | 169 | 214 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross | cross-on | on | on | on | cross-on | on | glassy | glassy | cross-on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | glassy |
High Tide | 10:19AM1.92m | 11:08PM1.36m | 10:51AM1.93m | 00:03AM1.18m | 11:28AM1.89m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:23AM0.31m | 5:18PM-0.01m | 4:49AM0.45m | 6:09PM0.00m | 5:16AM0.61m | 7:10PM0.06m | ||||||||||||||||||
 |  |  | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | 6:39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:35 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 |
Feels °C | 22 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 23 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SW 12 | W 7 | W 7 | W 8 | WNW 8 | W 8 | W 8 | WNW 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 |
| kJ | 295 | 264 | 264 | 286 | 268 | 205 | 94 | 155 | 201 | 240 | 200 | 157 | 112 | 111 | 88 | 78 | 86 | 83 | 86 | 79 | 57 | 266 | 169 | 214 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | W 6 | W 7 | S 14 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SSW 10 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | W 6 | W 10 | W 8 |
| kJ | 211 | 211 | 208 | 29 | 34 | 129 | 179 | 121 | 68 | 146 | 148 | 350 | 310 | 258 | 258 | 258 | 255 | 251 | 248 | 245 | 284 | 30 | 96 | 49 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 8 | W 7 | W 6 | S 14 | S 14 | SW 16 | S 13 | S 14 | S 13 | SW 10 | SW 18 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SSW 11 | SSW 12 | SW 11 | SSW 11 | SW 11 | SSW 11 | WNW 10 | SW 18 | SW 18 |
| kJ | 29 | 26 | 20 | 144 | 142 | 121 | 121 | 131 | 119 | 46 | 109 | 56 | 56 | 37 | 35 | 25 | 53 | 33 | 42 | 31 | 23 | 20 | 111 | 112 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | W 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 12 | 3 | 12 | 272 | 633 | 217 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 272 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 156 | 12 | 4 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our El Carmel Point surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest