El Carmen Surf Break

Lat Long: 9.62° N 85.15° W

El Carmen 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 19 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's El Carmen sea temperature is
30.1°C
2.2° 

El Carmen surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at El Carmen today (19 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 19s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 18s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 18s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Carmen at 4PM is: 0.6m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 19). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Sep)2ft (0.6m)19s
Afternoon (19 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)18s
Evening (19 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)18s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 63mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 29°C on Sat morning, min 24°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
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
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SW
19
0.4
SW
21
0.5
SW
18
0.6
SW
18
0.5
SW
18
0.7
SW
18
0.7
SW
19
0.8
SW
19
0.8
SW
19
0.9
SW
19
0.8
SW
19
0.8
SW
19
0.8
SW
18
0.8
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
0.9
SW
18
1
SW
18
1
SW
18
0.9
SW
17
0.9
SW
17
0.8
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
227
154
155
199
155
332
354
441
526
621
520
504
452
437
510
510
588
588
505
482
380
Wind (km/h)
0
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
SSE
5
ESE
10
NNE
5
NE
0
NE
5
SW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
SE
10
SE
15
SE
20
SE
10
SE
10
NNW
0
ESE
5
ESE
10
SE
Wind State
glassy
on
on
on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
glassy
on
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
8:01AM2.04m
8:43PM1.81m
9:03AM1.94m
9:56PM1.77m
10:15AM1.91m
Low Tide
2:31PM0.76m
2:44AM0.92m
3:39PM0.83m
3:58AM0.97m
4:50PM0.83m
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:30
5:30
5:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:37
5:37
5:37
 mm
3
1
3
8
21
4
4
7
5
1
Temp °C
28
29
29
29
28
28
24
25
26
27
27
27
27
27
27
26
25
26
27
27
27
Feels °C
33
32
32
33
33
32
28
29
31
31
31
32
31
31
30
28
28
29
32
31
30
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