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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 26 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
16.1° C
 (Which is 1.1°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 7PM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jan)--
Afternoon (26 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (26 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
WNW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
Period(s) (?)121212121313131111111111131310121818181811111114
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)75726967454544434038372227251924498049306489119206
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
ENE
5
NNE
10
NE
5
NW
5
N
15
WNW
20
WNW
10
NNW
15
NW
15
N
15
NNW
5
N
10
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
10
N
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		glasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:16PM
0.77
3:28AM
1.63
6:24PM
0.86
4:39AM
1.74
7:20PM
1.00
5:43AM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:22AM
0.26
8:21PM
0.65
11:47AM
0.03
10:05PM
0.75
12:47PM
-0.19
11:34PM
0.74
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Sunrise------6:47-------6:46-------6:45-
Sunset-5:15-------5:15-------5:16------
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212019181717161718171616151515161717171717181820
Feels °C (?)161415141312121313111212121213131414151413141316
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