San Carlos Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 8.47° N 79.96° W

Issued: 12 pm 13 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's San Carlos Point sea temperature is

29.3° 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 (13 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 13s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 16s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for San Carlos Point at 5PM is: 0.3m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm July 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	13s
Afternoon (13 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	16s
Evening (13 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 31°C on Tue morning, min 25°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Mon 13					Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15								Thu 16
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 16	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 15	SSE 15	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 13
Wave Graph
kJ	34	34	49	63	69	70	70	70	69	75	60	60	59	58	58	59	60	64	68	42	42	47	49	33
Wind (km/h)	NE	WNW	ENE	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	SE	NE	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	off	off	cross-off	off
High Tide			2:35PM4.32m				3:17AM4.21m				3:33PM4.47m					4:11AM4.43m				4:27PM4.57m				5:03AM4.59m
Low Tide	8:24AM0.71m				9:00PM0.22m				9:23AM0.50m				9:54PM0.03m					10:17AM0.34m				10:44PM-0.07m


	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—
	—	—	6:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:42	—	—	—	—	6:42
mm	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	2	1	1	—	—
Temp °C	25	27	28	27	26	25	26	25	29	31	30	27	26	26	26	26	29	30	29	28	27	27	26	26
Feels °C	27	30	30	30	29	27	29	28	32	34	32	29	29	29	29	29	34	35	34	33	31	31	30	30
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 14	SSE 14	SSE 12	SSE 15	SSE 16	SSE 13	SSE 13
kJ	34	34	34	63	69	70	70	70	69	75	60	60	59	58	58	59	60	64	68	29	42	47	31	33
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 16	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 5	SE 16	S 7	SE 16	SE 16	SW 6	NNW 3	S 6	SSE 15	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 16	SSE 16
kJ	25	25	49	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	11	1	11	10	2	1	1	42	28	28	49	25
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	NE 3	S 6	S 20	S 20	S 20	S 20	S 20	—	S 19	—	—	S 5	SE 16	S 7	S 7	—	S 6	S 18	S 7	S 7	—	—	—
kJ	3	1	3	8	7	7	7	7	—	7	—	—	1	10	1	1	—	1	6	1	1	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 2	—	—	—	—	NNE 2	NNE 3	N 3	—	N 3	SSE 6	N 2	N 3	NNW 3	NNW 2	NNW 2	NW 3	—	—	—	NNW 2	—	—	—
kJ	1	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	1	3	1	3	1	1	1	2	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	91	3	76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	3	3	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
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