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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 16 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
18.4° C
(Which is 2.8°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 4PM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)17s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
W
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)14141413171713139141516161515151414141514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)167167208144159168144112125211302306245242226217214214214217214167162151
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SW
20
W
15
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNE
5
WNW
5
N
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
crossononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:10AM
1.47
9:09PM
1.87
9:57AM
1.39
9:41PM
1.96
10:46AM
1.28
10:16PM
1.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:15PM
0.11
4:05AM
-0.27
3:46PM
0.21
4:50AM
-0.36
4:18PM
0.34
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise6:18-------6:16-------6:16-------
Sunset---7:19-------7:20-------7:21----
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161717171616161616181818171717161720191918181818
Feels °C (?)161615151514141414171516161717161718161717171717
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