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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 01 Apr 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
18.3° C
(Which is 2.9°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 3AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (02 Apr)1ft (0.3m)15s
Evening (02 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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


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Wed
01
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02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
S
0.9
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)1313131313131566677888111919191918181817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)61616183605638529295107120145153131181212190188271337329348333
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
15
W
20
W
20
WNW
15
W
10
WNW
5
SW
5
SW
5
NNW
5
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
SW
5
SW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
WNW
20
W
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
glasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:44PM
1.70
10:10AM
1.40
10:07PM
1.71
10:47AM
1.27
10:30PM
1.69
11:25AM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:25AM
-0.07
4:13PM
0.18
5:00AM
-0.09
4:35PM
0.32
5:36AM
-0.06
4:53PM
0.45
Wed
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise----6:35-------6:33-------6:33---
Sunset-------7:08-------7:09-------7:10
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171716161616161716161615151720201818181819212019
Feels °C (?)161615151314131414151615151617171718181718181617
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