El Carmen Surf Break

Lat Long: 9.62° N 85.15° W

El Carmen 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 11 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Carmen sea temperature is
30.3° C
1.9° 

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 (11 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 15s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Carmen at 1PM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Afternoon (11 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Evening (11 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 42mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 28°C on Sat morning, min 25°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
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
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
1
0
1
3
2
3
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
1
SSW
16
1
SSW
15
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
16
0.6
SSW
12
0.5
SSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
475
519
519
519
519
499
443
437
437
437
400
239
233
316
307
236
229
229
225
229
229
329
101
83
Wind (km/h)
15
NNW
5
NNW
10
W
15
W
20
W
15
WNW
5
W
5
SSE
5
E
10
SE
15
SW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
ENE
15
ENE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
S
5
SSW
5
S
5
ESE
5
ENE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross
on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
off
High Tide
11:20AM2.45m
00:04AM2.12m
12:25PM2.53m
1:08AM2.26m
1:26PM2.63m
Low Tide
4:55AM0.58m
5:55PM0.39m
6:03AM0.51m
6:56PM0.27m
7:08AM0.41m
7:54PM0.13m
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:26
5:26
5:26
5:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:05
6:05
6:05
6:05
 mm
4
1
5
7
3
5
4
6
3
2
1
1
2
2
Temp °C
25
26
27
28
28
28
26
26
25
25
25
25
26
26
26
26
26
26
27
27
28
27
27
25
Feels °C
28
30
30
31
30
31
31
31
29
28
28
28
30
29
30
30
28
29
31
32
32
31
31
29
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our El Carmen surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest