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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 06 Mar 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
16.3° C
(Which is 1.2°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 4AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (07 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (07 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


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Fri
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
WNW
0.3
SSW
0.6
WNW
0.6
W
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)1111121212121111111111111266121212121313111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24720922417917917913312886595864293228282929283434252929
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
0
NE
5
NNW
10
NNE
15
NE
15
N
20
NE
30
NE
15
N
20
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
N
10
NNE
25
E
20
S
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
20
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
offcrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:44PM
1.55
11:16AM
1.07
11:09PM
1.49
12:06PM
0.88
11:37PM
1.41
1:38PM
0.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:42PM
0.25
5:40AM
0.17
4:58PM
0.42
6:30AM
0.24
5:04PM
0.57
7:39AM
0.32
Fri
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise----6:09-------6:07-------6:07---
Sunset-------5:50-------5:51-------5:52
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818181720232423222119192528201716161616161616
Feels °C (?)161615131114161617161513142021151212131314131214
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