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El Capitan Surf Forecast
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El Capitan surf Forecast / CAL – Santa Barbara / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 06 May 2024 PDT
Forecast update in hr min s Update imminent
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 13.9°C (Statistics for 06 May 1981-2005 - mean: 13.9 °C max: 15.8 °C min: 12.3 °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 13.9°C (Statistics for 06 May 1981-2005 - mean: 13.9 °C max: 15.8 °C min: 12.3 °C)
How big are the waves at El Capitan today?
The current surf forecast for El Capitan at 11AM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am May 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (06 May) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (06 May) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 8s |
| Evening (06 May) | 7ft (2.2m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at El Capitan. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Update imminent
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| 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | |
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| Period(s) (?) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
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| Energy (?) | 400 | 360 | 290 | 227 | 344 | 315 | 412 | 428 | 336 | 307 | 300 | 392 | 522 | 693 | 670 | 700 | 766 | 1014 | 506 | 502 | 612 | 800 | 839 | 775 | 648 | 569 | 551 | 365 | 353 | 294 | 265 | 218 | 174 | 153 | 109 | 105 | 99 | 98 | 164 | 184 | 196 | 95 | 71 | 157 | 209 | 249 | 260 | 249 | 249 | 246 | 241 | 222 | 214 | 211 | 208 | 206 | 206 | 206 | 258 | 258 |
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| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | off | glass | cross | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | glass | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | off | off | off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | glass | on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:19AM 1.72 | 9:03PM 2.31 | 10:17AM 1.67 | 9:39PM 2.37 | 11:16AM 1.60 | 10:16PM 2.37 | 12:18PM 1.53 | 10:56PM 2.30 | 1:25PM 1.47 | 11:38PM 2.18 | 2:43PM 1.44 | 12:25AM 2.04 | 4:09PM 1.45 | 1:19AM 1.88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 3:11AM 0.30 | 2:45PM 0.71 | 3:59AM 0.12 | 3:22PM 0.85 | 4:47AM 0.02 | 4:00PM 0.98 | 5:37AM 0.01 | 4:38PM 1.11 | 6:29AM 0.07 | 5:19PM 1.21 | 7:24AM 0.17 | 6:05PM 1.31 | 8:24AM 0.28 | 7:11PM 1.38 | 9:26AM 0.38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 06 | Tuesday 07 | Wednesday 08 | Thursday 09 | Friday 10 | Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 | Monday 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 6:03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:58 | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 7:49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Temp. °C | 9 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 23 |
| Feels °C (?) | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 22 |
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