El Carmel Point Surf Forecast

/ CAL – San Diego County (71 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks)

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 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 20.9° 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 9PM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (17 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	15s
Evening (17 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	15s

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

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	Wednesday 17				Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	S	S	SW	S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	279	344	259	259	242	236	233	264	264	261	243	145	145	141	143	141	222	109	109	108	86	84	83	87
Wind (km/h)	WSW	NW	NNW	NW	NW	N	NNW	W	W	NW	WNW	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	W	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			7:03PM 1.80					8:30AM 1.47			7:49PM 1.84					8:54AM 1.55				8:30PM 1.83				9:17AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	1:24PM 0.70					2:20AM -0.13				2:09PM 0.54				2:52AM -0.11				2:48PM 0.40				3:20AM -0.05

	Wednesday 17				Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-
Sunset	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	4	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	22	22	22	21	21	21	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	20
Feels °C (?)	22	23	21	21	21	22	22	26	23	24	24	25	24	23	23	22	21	20	20	21	19	19	20	20

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at El Carmel Point (light winds from the N at San Diego Airport 8 km from El Carmel Point). 0.6m 15s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.6m 3s local chop from the NW and a 0.4m 9s swell from the S as well as a 0.3m 12s groundswell from the SSW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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