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Lat Long: 32.78° N 117.25° W

El Carmel Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 11 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's El Carmel Point sea temperature is
23.3°C
5.7° 

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 (11 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 13s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 13s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Carmel Point at 11PM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm November 11). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Nov)--
Afternoon (11 Nov)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (11 Nov)3ft (0.9m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 24°C on Wed afternoon, min 19°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sat
14
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
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
2
3
2
1
3
1
1
1
2
1
2
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
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
WNW
12
0.7
W
12
0.8
WNW
16
0.9
WNW
15
0.9
WNW
14
1.2
W
16
1.2
W
16
1.3
W
16
1.3
W
15
1.3
W
15
1.3
W
15
1.4
W
15
1.4
W
14
1.5
W
14
1.5
W
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
290
295
295
290
286
225
209
199
202
146
324
395
346
752
734
836
773
743
743
836
813
919
945
Wind (km/h)
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
0
NW
0
SSW
5
NW
0
SE
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
5
SW
10
SW
10
SSE
15
S
20
S
10
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
W
20
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
11:06PM1.06m
9:32AM1.74m
00:03AM1.01m
10:05AM1.64m
1:23AM0.99m
Low Tide
4:48PM-0.05m
3:24AM0.83m
5:31PM0.03m
3:46AM0.89m
6:20PM0.11m
4:07AM0.96m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
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Temp °C
24
24
23
22
22
22
21
23
23
22
22
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
20
19
19
19
19
Feels °C
22
23
24
24
24
23
23
24
22
21
23
21
21
20
18
19
19
20
19
18
16
17
18
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