San Carlos Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 8.47° N 79.96° W

Issued: 12 pm 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's San Carlos Point sea temperature is

30.3°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 (11 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 15s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 15s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for San Carlos Point at 6PM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 21s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	16s
Afternoon (11 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	15s
Evening (11 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	15s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 35mm), heaviest during Sun morning. Warm (max 29°C on Sun morning, min 25°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sun 11					Monday 12								Tuesday 13
	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)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 19	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 17	S 16	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	S 16
Wave Graph
kJ	84	83	76	72	72	71	74	71	65	63	62	61	102	100	97	92	134	289	360	181	183
Wind (km/h)	W	NE	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNE	SSE	SW	SSE	NNW	NW	WNW	SE	SSE	S	S	SSW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	glassy	off	glassy	off	off	off	off	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-on	glassy	glassy	glassy	on	cross-on	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off
High Tide				4:17PM4.34m				4:29AM4.50m				4:54PM4.31m				5:05AM4.41m				5:30PM4.20m
Low Tide		10:06AM0.17m				10:19PM0.37m				10:42AM0.15m				10:55PM0.42m				11:17AM0.22m


	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:04	—	—
mm	2	6	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	—	1	—	1
Temp °C	29	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	28	29	29	27	27	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	26
Feels °C	34	33	33	31	31	29	30	30	33	34	34	31	32	30	31	29	30	31	30	31	29
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 17	S 16	SSE 16	S 16	S 16	S 16
kJ	84	83	76	72	72	71	71	41	40	40	39	61	102	100	97	92	134	86	188	131	131
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 21	SSW 6	SSE 21	SSE 21	SSE 20	SSE 20	SSE 19	SSE 19	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSW 7	S 7	—	—	—	—	S 16
kJ	36	4	44	42	38	37	74	71	65	63	62	37	36	35	9	8	—	—	—	—	183
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 21	S 21	SSW 6	SSW 7	SSW 7	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	S 6	S 6	SSW 6	S 6	S 7	SSE 13	SSE 13	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	36	36	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	34	33	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 6	WNW 3	—	SW 6	—	SW 6	SW 6	NW 2	SW 6	—	—	—	WSW 2	WSW 2	WNW 2	SSW 7	S 6	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 6
kJ	4	1	—	2	—	2	6	1	6	—	—	—	1	1	1	36	78	289	360	181	94
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	91	91	0	105	91	0
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	4	3	3	4	4	4	3			2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	1	1	3
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Rating (10 max)	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	6	7	7

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