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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 15 Nov 2025 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
18.0° 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 2PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.7m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Afternoon (15 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Evening (15 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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

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Saturday
15
Sunday
16
Monday
17
Tue
18
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
2
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
W
1
W
0.8
SSW
0.7
W
0.6
SW
0.8
W
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
1.2
W
1.3
W
Period(s) (?)1312141214111313131313131313131313121212171266
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)39830926114415814714214214014014014011684848380757372515189141
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
25
SE
10
SW
10
SSE
20
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
15
S
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
SSW
0
SSE
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
SSE
20
SSW
20
S
30
SSE
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:07AM
1.66
6:22PM
1.29
6:31AM
1.75
7:09PM
1.26
6:54AM
1.81
7:50PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:53PM
0.29
12:24AM
0.34
1:29PM
0.14
12:51AM
0.44
2:03PM
0.02
1:16AM
0.52
Saturday
15
Sunday
16
Monday
17
Tue
18
Sunrise6:18-------6:18-------6:20-------
Sunset---4:46-------4:46-------4:45----
heavy rain
mod rain
heavy rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
clear
light rain
Rain (mm)
13611432432-----------112-1
Temp. °C181916171716161616171717171716161617171717151615
Feels °C (?)151615151414141415151515171716161616141412121211
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