San Carlos Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 8.47° N 79.96° W

Issued: 12 pm 20 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's San Carlos Point sea temperature is

30.0°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 (20 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for San Carlos Point at 5PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 22s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s
Afternoon (20 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s
Evening (20 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Tue morning. Warm (max 28°C on Tue morning, min 25°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tue 20					Wednesday 21								Thursday 22
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 21	SSE 20	SSE 20	SSE 20	SSE 19	SSE 19	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16
Wave Graph
kJ	69	69	67	66	69	70	87	77	128	127	74	115	107	124	178	176	172	162	153	149	203
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	NNE	NNW	NW	NW	WNW	N	NE	ESE	ESE	ESE	WSW	WSW	S	E	E	ESE	NE	N	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	glassy	glassy	glassy	on	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	cross-off	glassy
High Tide		10:40AM3.08m				11:31PM3.21m				11:53AM3.17m				00:29AM3.41m				12:52PM3.36m
Low Tide				5:02PM1.48m				5:46AM1.59m				6:09PM1.38m				6:48AM1.35m					7:03PM1.19m


	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	6:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:00	—	—
mm	3	5	4	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	1	—	—	1	2	1	—
Temp °C	28	28	28	26	26	26	25	26	27	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	27	28	28	27	26
Feels °C	32	32	31	29	29	29	28	30	31	32	32	31	32	31	31	30	30	32	33	31	30
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	S 14	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16
kJ	69	69	67	66	69	70	70	68	65	64	65	66	101	124	178	176	172	162	153	149	203
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 23	S 23	SSE 22	SSE 21	SSE 21	SSE 21	SSE 20	SSE 20	SSE 20	SSE 19	SSE 19	SSE 18	S 14	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	S 6
kJ	6	11	10	46	45	45	87	77	128	127	74	115	107	101	65	59	33	33	33	33	3
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 24	S 23	S 22	—	S 8	SSW 8	SSW 8	S 8	SSW 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	—	—	SW 7	SSW 7	S 7	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 21
kJ	11	11	39	—	5	6	6	5	6	1	4	4	—	—	7	5	1	1	3	3	9
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 2	—	ENE 2	—	—	NNW 2	NNW 2	N 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	1	—	1	—	—	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	14	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	71	105	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4		4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	9	9	9	8	7	5	5	6	5	5	6	6	6	5

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