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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 21 Mar 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
18.3° 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 4AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (22 Mar)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (22 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)21s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
1
0
1
1
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.7
W
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141313132121211013202019191919181818181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)206158149147113111140159159112908397134184236236181161155154197197304
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
0
SSW
5
W
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
WSW
0
NW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
S
5
SW
5
SSW
0
SW
0
S
5
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassononcross-
on
onglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
oncrossglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:22PM
1.80
12:27PM
1.06
12:02AM
1.75
1:47PM
0.87
12:52AM
1.66
4:11PM
0.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:19PM
0.26
6:36AM
-0.11
5:47PM
0.44
7:42AM
-0.05
6:16PM
0.62
9:08AM
0.01
Sat
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise----6:50-------6:48-------6:47---
Sunset-------7:00-------7:01-------7:02
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818181820202019181818182020191918181818212020
Feels °C (?)191918191920192018191918192018181919191919211919
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