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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 05 May 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
17.4° C
(Which is 1.2°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 10PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm May 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 May)--
Afternoon (05 May)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (05 May)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu morning, min 15°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
5
Wednesday
6
Thursday
7
Fri
8
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
15
0.6
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.6
SW
15
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.4
SW
14
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
13
0.8
W
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
132
134
134
215
233
239
242
242
239
137
123
127
127
128
128
128
128
127
97
65
63
61
61
61
Wind (km/h)
20
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
15
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
10
SSW
on
on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross-on
High Tide
1:09PM0.91m
11:18PM1.55m
2:27PM0.88m
11:58PM1.45m
4:33PM0.92m
00:55AM1.35m
Low Tide
4:57PM0.78m
7:33AM0.05m
5:15PM0.84m
8:34AM0.12m
5:34PM0.92m
9:39AM0.15m
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
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5:56
5:56
5:54
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7:32
7:34
7:34
7:35
Temp °C
16
16
16
16
16
15
15
16
16
16
16
16
16
15
16
17
16
16
16
15
15
15
15
17
12
12
13
14
15
14
15
14
13
14
15
15
15
14
16
16
14
15
16
15
15
15
15
16
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
15
0.6
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.6
SW
15
0.6
SW
14
0.6
W
5
0.7
W
5
0.7
W
6
0.7
W
6
0.6
W
6
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.7
W
6
0.7
W
6
0.7
W
6
0.7
W
6
0.8
W
6
0.8
W
7
Energy kJ
132
134
134
215
233
239
242
242
239
137
123
18
26
29
32
24
128
127
33
32
31
33
51
59
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
WNW
13
0.3
WNW
13
0.3
WNW
13
0.6
W
5
0.6
W
5
0.6
W
5
0.6
W
5
0.5
W
6
0.3
WNW
12
0.3
WNW
12
0.3
WNW
12
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.2
WNW
11
0.2
WNW
13
0.5
SW
14
0.4
SW
14
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
13
Energy kJ
57
34
33
17
17
18
20
16
28
28
28
127
127
128
128
128
12
17
97
65
63
61
61
61
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SW
18
0.2
S
12
0.2
S
11
0.3
WNW
13
0.3
WNW
13
0.3
WNW
13
0.3
WNW
12
0.3
WNW
12
0.2
S
11
0.2
S
11
0.2
WSW
20
0.3
WNW
12
0.3
WNW
12
0.3
WNW
12
0.2
WNW
11
0.2
WNW
11
0.2
WNW
14
0.2
WNW
11
0.2
WNW
11
0.3
WNW
12
0.4
WNW
12
0.3
WNW
12
0.3
WNW
12
0.3
WNW
12
Energy kJ
49
11
10
33
33
32
29
28
9
9
37
27
26
26
12
12
18
12
12
26
46
27
27
27
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
W
4
0.7
W
5
0.7
W
5
0.5
W
6
0.6
W
6
0.5
W
5
0.6
W
6
0.6
W
6
Energy kJ
13
20
22
17
23
15
24
25
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Distance (km)
633
197
12
12
12
12
0
12
156
12
12
3
12
12
12
12
272
12
12
12
5
0
11
61
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
Best forecast wave conditions in United States
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
1
1
2
3
3
4
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
7
9
9
6
6
4
7
6
5
5
5
6
6
6
6
7
7
7
6
7
8
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