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Lat Long: 32.78° N 117.25° W

El Carmel Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 03 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's El Carmel Point sea temperature is
22.7°C
3.1° 

El Carmel Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at El Carmel Point today (04 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Carmel Point at 1AM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Afternoon (04 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (04 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 36°C on Sat afternoon, min 24°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
3
Sunday
4
Monday
5
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
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
2
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SW
15
0.8
SW
15
0.8
SW
15
0.8
SW
16
0.8
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.8
SW
14
0.8
SW
14
0.8
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
218
266
276
291
295
242
239
233
209
203
203
203
293
293
289
198
195
192
184
179
Wind (km/h)
5
SE
15
NNW
10
NNE
10
N
5
NE
10
NE
10
ESE
10
SSW
15
WSW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
5
NW
20
WNW
15
NNW
10
NW
5
WNW
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
High Tide
3:06PM1.60m
6:38AM1.21m
4:44PM1.62m
7:06AM1.36m
5:59PM1.69m
Low Tide
11:31PM0.05m
11:08AM0.96m
00:31AM-0.02m
12:27PM0.77m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
36
34
33
31
31
31
30
32
30
29
30
31
29
28
29
32
30
29
29
28
Feels °C
35
33
32
30
29
29
28
30
28
28
29
29
27
27
28
31
28
28
29
29
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