Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at El Carmen today (06 Jun):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Jun, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 16s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Jun, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 16s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Jun, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 16s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for El Carmen at 11AM is: 1.4m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am June 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (06 Jun) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 16s |
| Afternoon (06 Jun) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 16s |
| Evening (06 Jun) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at El Carmen. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 171mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Sat afternoon, min 24°C on Sun afternoon). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 6 | Sunday 7 | Monday 8 | Tue 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SSW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | WSW 8 | WSW 9 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1039 | 1027 | 929 | 906 | 906 | 894 | 883 | 773 | 675 | 740 | 631 | 623 | 623 | 651 | 975 | 1346 | 1318 | 1216 | 2487 | 1771 | 2647 | 2564 | 2299 | 2196 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross | cross-off | glassy | cross | glassy | on | on | on | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross | cross | on | glassy | off |
High Tide | 6:40AM2.15m | 6:43PM2.13m | 7:22AM2.15m | 7:29PM2.05m | 8:08AM2.18m | 8:22PM2.00m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 00:21AM0.50m | 12:41PM0.75m | 1:00AM0.57m | 1:29PM0.78m | 1:43AM0.63m | 2:22PM0.78m | ||||||||||||||||||
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 | 5:18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:18 |
 | — | — | — | — | 5:59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:59 | — | — | 6:00 |
mm | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | — |
Temp °C | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 24 |
Feels °C | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 25 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SSW 15 | SW 7 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SW 14 | SSW 14 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 |
| kJ | 1039 | 1027 | 929 | 906 | 906 | 894 | 883 | 773 | 675 | 740 | 216 | 623 | 623 | 561 | 561 | 606 | 545 | 1216 | 1405 | 1310 | 909 | 761 | 724 | 708 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 7 | SW 6 | S 7 | S 7 | SW 15 | SSW 24 | SW 23 | SSW 22 | SSW 22 | SSW 21 | SSW 21 | SSW 14 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 |
| kJ | 317 | 312 | 307 | 33 | 46 | 49 | 44 | 42 | 25 | 25 | 631 | 218 | 268 | 317 | 589 | 792 | 1071 | 545 | 2487 | 1771 | 2647 | 2564 | 2299 | 2196 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | SSW 11 | SSW 12 | S 11 | S 11 | S 12 | S 7 | SSW 10 | SSW 24 | SW 24 | SSW 15 | SSW 23 | SSW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 20 | SSW 14 | SW 14 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | 74 | 78 | 65 | 89 | 137 | 23 | 35 | 58 | 143 | 326 | 215 | 314 | 251 | 130 | 474 | 951 | 233 | 443 | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 6 | WSW 7 | S 7 | SW 7 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 9 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | — | — | — | — | S 7 | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 71 | 116 | 47 | 309 | 476 | 651 | 975 | 1346 | 1318 | — | — | — | — | 55 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 55 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 1 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 1 | 58 | 58 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 0 |
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