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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 27 Feb 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
15.9° C
(Which is 1.0°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 2PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)1ft (0.3m)17s
Afternoon (27 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (27 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)181716161616161616161515151515151414141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10958105151149103102100166212201196123123144121138134129125123121120118
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
WNW
15
W
5
W
10
WNW
0
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassononononglassonglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:41AM
1.74
7:41PM
1.22
6:36AM
1.84
8:08PM
1.33
7:23AM
1.89
8:34PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:22PM
-0.34
12:51AM
0.56
1:59PM
-0.40
1:38AM
0.39
2:33PM
-0.40
2:20AM
0.26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
Sunrise6:18-------6:18-------6:16-------
Sunset---5:44-------5:45-------5:45----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232525242423222221232221191818181719191917171615
Feels °C (?)222322222221212120212020191918181719171716171614
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