El Carmen Surf Break

Lat Long: 9.62° N 85.15° W

El Carmen 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 23 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Carmen sea temperature is
30.1° C
1.8° 

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 (23 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 26s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Carmen at 4PM is: 0.4m 26s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jul)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (23 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)26s
Evening (23 Jul)3ft (0.9m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 28°C on Thu morning, min 25°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
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)
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
3
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
1
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SW
12
0.6
SW
12
0.4
SW
26
0.4
SW
26
0.9
SW
8
0.9
SW
8
0.4
SSW
24
0.6
SW
24
0.6
SW
24
0.6
SSW
24
0.5
SW
24
0.5
SW
23
0.7
SW
21
1
SW
21
1
SW
21
1
SW
21
0.8
SW
21
0.7
SW
21
0.9
SW
20
1
SW
19
1.1
SW
19
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
92
93
171
171
95
98
220
444
444
368
271
264
467
898
898
890
543
458
563
738
959
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
5
N
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
5
WSW
10
SSW
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
10
S
5
S
5
E
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
glassy
glassy
High Tide
9:34AM2.17m
10:12PM1.86m
10:32AM2.10m
11:16PM1.83m
11:31AM2.08m
Low Tide
4:07PM0.70m
4:11AM0.83m
5:08PM0.72m
5:13AM0.86m
6:07PM0.69m
cloud
light rain
part cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:28
5:28
5:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:04
6:04
6:04
 mm
1
1
1
3
2
1
Temp °C
27
28
27
27
27
27
26
25
27
28
28
28
26
26
26
25
26
27
28
27
27
Feels °C
30
30
29
30
31
30
28
26
29
30
30
30
28
28
29
29
29
30
31
31
31
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