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El Capitan surf Forecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 28 Mar 2024 PDT
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El Capitan surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Capitan sea temperature is 13.0°C (Statistics for 28 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 13.6 °C max: 15.0 °C min: 12.2 °C)
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El Capitan surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Capitan sea temperature is 13.0°C (Statistics for 28 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 13.6 °C max: 15.0 °C min: 12.2 °C)


How big are the waves at El Capitan today?

The current surf forecast for El Capitan at 1PM is: 1.3m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 28). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Afternoon (28 Mar)4ft (1.2m)14s
Evening (28 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)14s

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

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Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
2.1
W
2.4
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)151514141414141413131313131312121313131213131312121212121212111111111111111212121112141414141313131312121267910111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)8797166025948867521283142211271058936781643408377128719222408228221632531270524922041138912771080110812311315109288567958251245540834328828322517635135638435227726921520217216916721150411571767198523352885
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
S
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
SW
5
SSW
5
WSW
0
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
25
ESE
25
E
15
ENE
5
NE
10
W
15
W
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
5
N
5
SW
10
SW
15
W
10
NNW
10
N
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
5
SW
10
SW
15
W
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
N
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
WNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:38PM
1.43
11:50PM
1.91
1:38PM
1.30
12:19AM
1.89
3:30PM
1.22
12:58AM
1.86
2:00AM
1.83
3:34AM
1.82
7:53PM
1.46
5:08AM
1.87
8:00PM
1.57
6:23AM
1.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:24AM
0.56
5:27PM
1.03
7:11AM
0.58
5:34PM
1.13
8:12AM
0.60
5:17PM
1.20
9:33AM
0.60
10:59AM
0.53
12:05PM
0.43
11:10PM
1.37
12:55PM
0.32
12:34AM
1.21
1:37PM
0.25
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Sunrise6:50-------6:50-------6:48-------6:47-------6:46-------6:45-------6:43-------6:41---
Sunset---7:17-------7:19-------7:20-------7:20-------7:21-------7:22-------7:22-------7:22
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Rain (mm)
-----------3515421122131---1---------------------------------
Temp. °C1317191611988101412111212101010121212111110101015161511109910161817121211111217191916151515162224231514131212181915
Feels °C (?)1214141175558118781089998876468121210777681415141010991015171614121313142021191211101010161711

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