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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 13 Apr 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
18.6° C
(Which is 3.0°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 9PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)--
Afternoon (13 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (13 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141413161616161613161515151515151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)200203203203191183127127127127127120245220174220106136136214169167167167
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
5
SW
5
S
10
SSW
15
WSW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
N
5
W
10
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
W
5
NW
5
W
10
WSW
5
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassglassonononononcross-
on
ononglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:52PM
1.41
7:41AM
1.49
8:14PM
1.58
8:26AM
1.50
8:40PM
1.74
9:10AM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:48PM
-0.02
2:03AM
0.29
2:17PM
-0.01
2:42AM
0.07
2:46PM
0.03
3:23AM
-0.12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise------6:20-------6:18-------6:18-
Sunset-7:16-------7:17-------7:17------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161616151515151617171616161515161616161616161617
Feels °C (?)111112111314141415141415161514151414151616151615
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