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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 28 Mar 2026 PDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
18.9° C
(Which is 3.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Carmel Point today?

The current surf forecast for El Carmel Point at 1AM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (29 Mar)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (29 Mar)2ft (0.6m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131212121212121212121212121212151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1421421188584827810410410310173727171696955555534345555
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
15
NW
5
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
W
5
SW
5
SSE
5
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
S
10
S
10
SSE
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:07PM
1.35
7:28AM
1.64
8:32PM
1.47
8:14AM
1.64
8:57PM
1.57
8:55AM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:52PM
-0.21
1:52AM
0.41
2:28PM
-0.21
2:35AM
0.23
2:58PM
-0.16
3:14AM
0.09
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise------6:41-------6:39-------6:37-
Sunset-7:06-------7:06-------7:07------
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part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191918181920202021221918181718191919181818171718
Feels °C (?)171616161719201719191818191719181818181818161616
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