San Carlos Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 8.47° N 79.96° W

Issued: 6 pm 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's San Carlos Point sea temperature is

30.4°C

San Carlos Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at San Carlos Point today (07 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 13s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 18s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 18s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for San Carlos Point at 2AM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (07 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	13s
Afternoon (07 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	18s
Evening (07 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	18s

Table - waves today at San Carlos Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 30mm), heaviest during Wed afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Tue afternoon, min 26°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tue 6			Wednesday 7								Thursday 8
	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	S 19	S 19	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 21	SSE 21
Wave Graph
kJ	58	57	33	31	30	31	35	33	61	61	61	60	59	54	87	86	85	90	90
Wind (km/h)	SSW	WSW	W	WNW	NNW	N	SE	SE	SSE	S	N	NW	W	WNW	E	ESE	ESE	ENE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	off	glassy	glassy	glassy	on	cross-on	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	off	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy
High Tide				00:45AM3.79m					1:11PM3.77m				1:43AM4.04m				2:08PM3.98m
Low Tide		6:22PM0.96m					7:02AM1.00m				7:26PM0.79m				7:59AM0.73m				8:17PM0.61m


	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—
	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—
mm	2	—	—	1	—	—	2	1	—	5	—	—	2	5	1	2	1	3	2
Temp °C	29	28	27	27	27	27	28	29	29	27	27	27	26	26	28	29	29	28	27
Feels °C	35	32	31	31	31	32	33	33	33	32	32	32	30	30	33	33	33	33	32
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 12	SSE 18	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16
kJ	58	57	33	31	29	31	33	33	33	33	30	60	59	54	87	86	85	51	51
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 8	S 20	S 20	SW 6	SSE 15	S 19	SSE 19	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 21	SSE 21
kJ	6	8	7	1	21	30	35	31	61	61	61	29	28	27	14	27	26	90	90
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 21	SSW 8	S 6	S 19	S 19	SSW 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	SSE 24	SSW 6	S 6	SSE 21	SSE 11	SSE 11
kJ	34	6	1	30	30	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	54	4	3	45	12	12
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 6	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	14	3	0	3	0	7	136	0	0	0	0	0	0	138	108	7	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	1		1	1	2	3	3	3		3	1	4
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	1	3	1	4
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Rating (10 max)	9	9	7	6	9	9	8	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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