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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 20 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
17.4° 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 3AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (21 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (21 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thu
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
1.4
SSW
0.8
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
0.6
SSW
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
W
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
W
0.5
W
0.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)131351110109916131313131215141414141313131717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)878598146327312234184171350289215206190395350341253243229222163151300
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
45
SSE
25
SSW
20
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
10
SSE
20
E
20
ENE
10
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
20
ENE
10
NNW
0
NNE
0
ESE
5
ESE
5
S
10
WSW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossglassglassglassglasscross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:45PM
1.12
8:31AM
1.85
10:27PM
1.08
9:00AM
1.80
11:15PM
1.03
9:31AM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:30AM
0.73
4:14PM
-0.10
2:54AM
0.78
4:53PM
-0.06
3:18AM
0.84
Thu
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise----6:24-------6:24-------6:26---
Sunset-------4:45-------4:44-------4:44
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
437-----1-11------------
Temp. °C151516161616161717171516161719201918171716181817
Feels °C (?)10712121111121513131312121415171416171715171715
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