El Carmel Point Surf Forecast

/ CAL – San Diego County (71 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 24 Oct 2025 PDT

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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 17.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at El Carmel Point today?

The current surf forecast for El Carmel Point at 11PM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (24 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (24 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	18s
Evening (24 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	17s

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

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	Friday 24				Saturday 25								Sunday 26								Monday 27
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	W	SW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	8	17
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	108	101	147	193	183	124	124	126	126	118	129	183	170	172	157	155	150	163	174	163	159	165	161	143
Wind (km/h)	W	W	NW	WSW	WNW	ESE	W	S	SW	WSW	NW	W	SW	SW	S	SSW	WSW	WSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSE	NNE	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					12:12AM 1.04			10:44AM 1.69					1:22AM 0.95				11:14AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)			6:02PM 0.09			4:28AM 0.81					6:49PM 0.17			4:31AM 0.88					7:52PM 0.24

	Friday 24				Saturday 25								Sunday 26								Monday 27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	20
Feels °C (?)	17	18	18	18	19	18	17	19	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	19	17	18	18	18	18	17	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at El Carmel Point (light winds from the NW at San Diego Airport 8 km from El Carmel Point). 0.6m 10s swell from the WSW with a 0.5m 11s groundswell from the W and a 0.3m 16s long period groundswell from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 32 minutes ago El Carmel Point

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