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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Sunday 18 Jan 2026 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
15.8° 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 11AM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)17s
Afternoon (18 Jan)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
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)
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.6
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
Period(s) (?)181716161515141413131313131212151512141313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1011351301832181592062501761731711681661121057171105232215206187178172
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
0
E
10
W
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
0
ENE
5
NNW
5
NNE
0
WSW
10
WNW
10
W
5
WNW
0
WNW
5
NNW
0
ENE
5
S
5
SE
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
SE
5
S
5
S
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscross-
on		glassglassononglassglassglassglassglassglassonglassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:16AM
1.89
9:50PM
1.17
8:49AM
1.89
10:18PM
1.21
9:22AM
1.84
10:47PM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:45PM
-0.31
2:55AM
0.57
4:14PM
-0.30
3:32AM
0.54
4:43PM
-0.26
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
Sunrise6:50-------6:50-------6:50-------
Sunset---5:07-------5:08-------5:08----
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202122212019191918191918171718191819211918181817
Feels °C (?)161817171616171616171616161717181616171817171716
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