Surf Break

Lat Long: 9.62° N 85.15° W

El Carmen 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's El Carmen sea temperature is
30.3°C
2.6° 

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 (29 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 18s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 18s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Carmen at 10PM is: 0.6m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Sep)--
Afternoon (29 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Evening (29 Sep)2ft (0.6m)18s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Tue night. Warm (max 29°C on Wed morning, min 27°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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)
1
3
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
3
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SW
18
0.6
SW
18
0.6
SW
18
0.5
SW
18
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
16
0.6
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.8
SW
16
0.8
SW
16
0.7
SW
15
0.8
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.8
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
307
252
197
162
164
163
208
254
254
254
432
361
344
218
262
218
218
227
287
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
5
S
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
NE
5
NE
5
E
10
S
10
SSW
10
S
5
SSW
5
SE
5
E
5
E
10
SE
10
SSE
15
S
10
S
0
SSW
Wind State
on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
High Tide
4:28PM2.51m
4:43AM2.75m
5:10PM2.46m
5:27AM2.68m
5:57PM2.38m
Low Tide
10:29PM0.21m
11:02AM0.10m
11:12PM0.25m
11:48AM0.17m
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
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5:31
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 mm
1
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2
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1
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1
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1
1
1
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1
Temp °C
28
28
28
27
27
27
28
29
29
28
28
27
27
27
28
28
28
28
27
Feels °C
31
33
33
32
32
32
32
33
32
32
33
32
31
31
31
31
30
32
32
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