El Carmen Surf Break

Lat Long: 9.62° N 85.15° W

El Carmen 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 16 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's El Carmen sea temperature is
30.2°C
2.2° 

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 (16 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for El Carmen at 12PM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (16 Sep)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (16 Sep)3ft (0.9m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Thu night. Warm (max 30°C on Wed morning, min 26°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
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
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
0.9
SW
16
1
SW
16
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.8
SW
14
0.5
SW
21
0.5
SW
21
0.7
SW
13
0.7
SW
13
0.5
SW
20
0.6
SW
20
0.6
SW
20
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
371
371
367
489
344
314
309
350
350
346
346
346
341
297
293
228
218
212
175
175
186
239
239
Wind (km/h)
10
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
S
10
S
5
N
5
N
10
N
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NE
10
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
0
ENE
10
SSW
15
SW
15
W
5
W
Wind State
cross-off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
5:48AM2.50m
6:13PM2.23m
6:27AM2.34m
6:55PM2.08m
7:10AM2.18m
7:43PM1.93m
Low Tide
12:06PM0.35m
00:15AM0.52m
12:48PM0.50m
00:56AM0.67m
1:35PM0.64m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:30
5:30
5:30
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:39
5:38
5:38
 mm
1
1
1
3
4
1
1
1
Temp °C
27
26
28
30
29
27
27
27
27
26
28
29
29
28
28
28
27
27
28
29
29
28
28
Feels °C
31
30
32
34
32
31
31
30
30
29
31
31
31
31
32
32
31
31
33
32
31
30
32
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