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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Sunday 01 Mar 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
16.4° C
(Which is 1.4°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 5AM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (02 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (02 Mar)4ft (1.2m)7s

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


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Sun
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.4
SW
0.9
W
0.9
W
Period(s) (?)1414131313136777788888888881588
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1231211201181181169094117146159163168142135127105105828075759090
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
5
SW
10
SSW
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
WSW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
WNW
5
NW
0
W
10
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:34PM
1.42
8:05AM
1.88
9:01PM
1.50
8:44AM
1.80
9:27PM
1.56
9:21AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:20AM
0.26
3:03PM
-0.34
3:00AM
0.16
3:32PM
-0.24
3:39AM
0.10
3:57PM
-0.10
Sun
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise----6:15-------6:13-------6:13---
Sunset-------5:45-------5:46-------5:47
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191817171617161615151515151617171716161616171717
Feels °C (?)181817171615131314151415141515151515151617161615
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