Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at El Carmen today (04 Jun):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Jun, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 19s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Jun, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 19s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Jun, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 19s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for El Carmen at 1PM is: 1.6m 19s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am June 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (04 Jun) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 19s |
| Afternoon (04 Jun) | 5ft (1.6m) | 19s |
| Evening (04 Jun) | 5ft (1.6m) | 19s |
Table - waves today at El Carmen. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 116mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 29°C on Thu morning, min 25°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 4 | Friday 5 | Saturday 6 | Sun 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1367 | 921 | 901 | 1884 | 1884 | 1864 | 1825 | 1860 | 1798 | 1777 | 1757 | 1448 | 1432 | 1399 | 1453 | 1187 | 1039 | 1027 | 929 | 917 | 906 | 894 | 783 | 702 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | glassy | cross | cross-on | on | on | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-on | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 5:19AM2.19m | 5:22PM2.28m | 5:59AM2.17m | 6:01PM2.21m | 6:40AM2.15m | 6:43PM2.13m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:16AM0.64m | 11:43PM0.43m | 11:57AM0.70m | 00:21AM0.50m | 12:41PM0.75m | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | 5:18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:18 |
 | — | — | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:59 | — | — | 5:59 |
mm | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 17 |
Temp °C | 26 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 25 |
Feels °C | 30 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 28 | 30 | 27 | 26 | 27 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 19 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 |
| kJ | 1367 | 921 | 901 | 1884 | 1884 | 1864 | 1825 | 1860 | 1798 | 1777 | 1757 | 1448 | 1432 | 1399 | 1453 | 1187 | 1039 | 1027 | 929 | 917 | 906 | 894 | 783 | 702 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 6 | SSW 14 | SW 15 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | SSW 13 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | S 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 |
| kJ | 33 | 367 | 503 | 44 | 29 | 32 | 29 | 41 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 257 | 326 | 317 | 123 | 224 | 226 | 45 | 100 | 46 | 43 | 43 | 29 | 48 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 21 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 13 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | — | — | — | — | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 11 | SSW 12 | S 27 | SW 26 | SW 26 |
| kJ | 162 | 49 | 55 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 169 | 35 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 28 | — | — | — | — | 131 | 92 | 74 | 77 | 14 | 27 | 26 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 6 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 136 | 229 | 458 | 644 | 481 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 102 | 56 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 95 | 42 | 56 | 55 | 56 |
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