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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 21 Nov 2025 PST
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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
17.4° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at El Carmel Point today?

The current surf forecast for El Carmel Point at 12PM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (21 Nov)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (21 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Mon
24
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
3
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
3
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
W
0.8
WNW
0.8
W
0.6
W
0.6
SSW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)1010991013131312161514141414131313131716161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)279423325230183350289222195416395350341265232229212121116300273266263263
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
5
SW
10
ESE
5
SSE
25
NE
15
E
20
ENE
10
E
15
NE
10
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NE
5
NNW
0
E
5
E
5
E
10
S
15
WSW
10
W
5
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
0
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossglassglassoffcrosscross-
on		onglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:31AM
1.85
10:27PM
1.08
9:00AM
1.80
11:15PM
1.03
9:31AM
1.75
12:14AM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:14PM
-0.10
2:54AM
0.78
4:53PM
-0.06
3:18AM
0.84
5:36PM
-0.01
3:45AM
0.89
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Mon
24
Sunrise6:24-------6:24-------6:26-------
Sunset---4:45-------4:44-------4:44----
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
31----------------------
Temp. °C161617171817161616181818181717161617181717161616
Feels °C (?)141515161314121412151414151517151415161617161717
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