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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 20 Nov 2025 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
17.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at El Carmel Point today?

The current surf forecast for El Carmel Point at 6AM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (20 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
3
3
3
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
1.2
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1
W
0.9
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)111414141413131313101099910101313161616141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8612771959188878585300518365304245181146356276406401386350341265
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
10
NW
5
W
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
25
SSE
35
SSE
25
SSW
25
WSW
20
SW
5
W
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
N
15
NNE
5
E
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
E
10
NNE
10
NNW
15
NW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on		glasscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		onononcrosscross-
off		offcrossglassglasscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:05AM
1.87
9:45PM
1.12
8:31AM
1.85
10:27PM
1.08
9:00AM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:05AM
0.67
3:39PM
-0.12
2:30AM
0.73
4:14PM
-0.10
2:54AM
0.78
4:53PM
-0.06
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunrise--6:22-------6:24-------6:24-----
Sunset-----4:45-------4:45-------4:44--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------1310222------------
Temp. °C151515161616151516151515161516161515151516181717
Feels °C (?)14131414131310911101114151315131313141414151415
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