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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 24 Mar 2026 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
18.8° 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 12PM is: 0.6m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)2ft (0.6m)18s
Afternoon (24 Mar)2ft (0.6m)18s
Evening (24 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)18s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
0
1
0
0
1
2
1
2
1
1
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)181818181818181817161616161616161616151515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)161155154197197304304246235169163163206206248245198196145139174134132130
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
NNW
0
W
5
W
15
W
10
W
5
WSW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
N
10
NW
10
NW
20
W
15
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
W
15
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
glassononononglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassonglassglassonononcross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:52AM
1.66
4:11PM
0.81
2:07AM
1.54
6:41PM
0.94
3:51AM
1.48
7:13PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:08AM
0.01
6:51PM
0.78
10:50AM
-0.00
9:37PM
0.90
12:13PM
-0.09
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise--6:47-------6:46-------6:45-----
Sunset-----7:02-------7:02-------7:04--
clear
clear
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. °C161616191919181818181821202019191818192121202020
Feels °C (?)171617191819181919191821181919191818192019182020
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