Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at El Carmen today (23 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 15s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for El Carmen at 11PM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 17s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm October 23). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (23 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (23 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 15s |
| Evening (23 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at El Carmen. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 22mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Fri afternoon, min 26°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Fri 23 | Saturday 24 | Sunday 25 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 15 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 449 | 515 | 394 | 425 | 474 | 589 | 463 | 377 | 491 | 272 | 268 | 268 | 472 | 389 | 351 | 317 | 198 | 156 | 156 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 12:31PM2.09m | 00:50AM2.36m | 1:17PM2.22m | 1:31AM2.53m | 2:00PM2.35m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:34PM0.61m | 7:10AM0.47m | 7:16PM0.49m | 7:52AM0.28m | 7:58PM0.36m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:19 | — | — |
mm | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 |
Temp °C | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27 |
Feels °C | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 31 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 15 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 9 | S 8 | S 8 |
| kJ | 449 | 515 | 394 | 425 | 474 | 589 | 463 | 377 | 491 | 272 | 268 | 268 | 472 | 389 | 351 | 317 | 147 | 200 | 190 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | S 12 | SSE 7 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | S 6 | SSW 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 |
| kJ | 249 | 246 | 243 | 159 | 113 | 15 | 150 | 195 | 7 | 102 | 91 | 121 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 198 | 156 | 156 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSW 12 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | NW 7 | S 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | NW 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 12 |
| kJ | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 25 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NNW 8 | NW 8 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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