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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 29 Mar 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
19.2° C
(Which is 3.8°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 12AM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)12121212121212121212121212151515151514141414136
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10410399737271716969565554343455557675716564466363
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
5
WSW
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
W
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
10
S
10
SW
10
W
10
WSW
25
WNW
20
NNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
glassoncrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:32PM
1.47
8:14AM
1.64
8:57PM
1.57
8:55AM
1.60
9:20PM
1.65
9:33AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:28PM
-0.21
2:35AM
0.23
2:58PM
-0.16
3:14AM
0.09
3:25PM
-0.07
3:50AM
-0.01
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise------6:39-------6:37-------6:37-
Sunset-7:06-------7:07-------7:07------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192018181717172019191818181817181919191818171617
Feels °C (?)181917181718171918191819191817171818151515141415
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