default:

GFS HRRR 3 km

GFS HRRR 3

GEM regional 10

UKMO Global 10

DWD ICON Global 11

GFS GRAPES 13

GFS global 13

BOM ACCESS 15

GEM Global 15

ECMWF IFS 25

GFS GraphCast 25

ECMWF AIFS 28

ECMWF IFS 44

JMA gSM 55

MF Arpege 55

Model	GFS HRRR 3 km run: 11/05 08:47																																			GFS 13 km run: 11/05 08:47
Date Optimal	Su 11 6h	Su 11 7h	Su 11 8h	Su 11 9h	Su 11 10h	Su 11 11h	Su 11 12h	Su 11 13h	Su 11 14h	Su 11 15h	Su 11 16h	Su 11 17h	Su 11 18h	Su 11 19h	Mo 12 6h	Mo 12 7h	Mo 12 8h	Mo 12 9h	Mo 12 10h	Mo 12 11h	Mo 12 12h	Mo 12 13h	Mo 12 14h	Mo 12 15h	Mo 12 16h	Mo 12 17h	Mo 12 18h	Mo 12 19h	Tu 13 6h	Tu 13 7h	Tu 13 8h	Tu 13 9h	Tu 13 10h	Tu 13 11h	Tu 13 12h	Tu 13 13h	Tu 13 14h	Tu 13 15h	Tu 13 16h	Tu 13 17h	Tu 13 18h	Tu 13 19h	We 14 6h	We 14 7h	We 14 8h	We 14 9h	We 14 10h	We 14 11h	We 14 12h	We 14 13h	We 14 14h	We 14 15h	We 14 16h	We 14 17h	We 14 18h	We 14 19h	Th 15 6h	Th 15 7h	Th 15 8h	Th 15 9h	Th 15 10h	Th 15 11h	Th 15 12h	Th 15 13h	Th 15 14h	Th 15 15h	Th 15 16h	Th 15 17h	Th 15 18h	Th 15 19h	Fr 16 6h	Fr 16 7h	Fr 16 8h	Fr 16 9h	Fr 16 10h	Fr 16 11h	Fr 16 12h	Fr 16 13h	Fr 16 14h	Fr 16 15h	Fr 16 16h	Fr 16 17h	Fr 16 18h	Fr 16 19h	Sa 17 6h	Sa 17 7h	Sa 17 8h	Sa 17 9h	Sa 17 10h	Sa 17 11h	Sa 17 12h	Sa 17 13h	Sa 17 14h	Sa 17 15h	Sa 17 16h	Sa 17 17h	Sa 17 18h	Sa 17 19h	Su 18 6h	Su 18 7h	Su 18 8h	Su 18 9h	Su 18 10h	Su 18 11h	Su 18 12h	Su 18 13h	Su 18 14h	Su 18 15h	Su 18 16h	Su 18 17h	Su 18 18h	Su 18 19h	Mo 19 6h	Mo 19 7h	Mo 19 8h	Mo 19 9h	Mo 19 10h	Mo 19 11h	Mo 19 12h	Mo 19 13h	Mo 19 14h	Mo 19 15h	Mo 19 16h	Mo 19 17h	Mo 19 18h	Mo 19 19h	Tu 20 6h	Tu 20 7h	Tu 20 8h	Tu 20 9h	Tu 20 10h	Tu 20 11h	Tu 20 12h	Tu 20 13h	Tu 20 14h	Tu 20 15h	Tu 20 16h	Tu 20 17h	Tu 20 18h	Tu 20 19h	We 21 6h	We 21 7h	We 21 8h	We 21 9h	We 21 10h	We 21 11h	We 21 12h	We 21 13h	We 21 14h	We 21 15h	We 21 16h	We 21 17h	We 21 18h	We 21 19h	We 21 20h	Th 22 6h	Th 22 7h	Th 22 8h	Th 22 9h	Th 22 10h	Th 22 11h	Th 22 12h	Th 22 13h	Th 22 14h	Th 22 15h	Th 22 16h	Th 22 17h	Th 22 18h	Th 22 19h	Th 22 20h	Fr 23 6h	Fr 23 7h	Fr 23 8h	Fr 23 9h	Fr 23 10h	Fr 23 11h	Fr 23 12h	Fr 23 13h	Fr 23 14h	Fr 23 15h	Fr 23 16h	Fr 23 17h	Fr 23 18h	Fr 23 19h	Fr 23 20h	Sa 24 6h	Sa 24 7h	Sa 24 8h	Sa 24 9h	Sa 24 10h	Sa 24 11h	Sa 24 12h	Sa 24 13h	Sa 24 14h	Sa 24 15h	Sa 24 16h	Sa 24 17h	Sa 24 18h	Sa 24 19h	Sa 24 20h	Su 25 6h	Su 25 7h	Su 25 8h	Su 25 9h	Su 25 10h	Su 25 11h	Su 25 12h	Su 25 13h	Su 25 14h	Su 25 15h	Su 25 16h	Su 25 17h	Su 25 18h	Su 25 19h	Su 25 20h	Mo 26 6h	Mo 26 7h	Mo 26 8h	Mo 26 9h	Mo 26 10h	Mo 26 11h	Mo 26 12h	Mo 26 13h	Mo 26 14h	Mo 26 15h	Mo 26 16h	Mo 26 17h	Mo 26 18h	Mo 26 19h	Mo 26 20h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	2	4	1	4	3	3	3	4	13	15	18	21	21	22	12	7	7	9	14	14	13	14	15	16	17	18	16	15	7	6	6	5	6	8	11	15	16	15	15	14	14	11	7	7	5	1	4	6	8	8	8	7	8	10	9	9	4	3	1	1	3	6	7	7	7	7	6	7	6	5	3	2	1	1	4	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	5	6	6	6	6	4	4	6	8	11	12	13	14	14	14	12	4	4	2	0	4	7	8	9	8	7	6	6	6	6	1	1	0	2	4	6	7	7	6	5	4	2	2	4	4	2	1	1	4	6	7	7	6	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	2	3	5	6	10	12	12	10	9	8	7	7	4	4	3	0	4	6	6	7	10	11	11	12	11	11	10	6	5	4	3	3	4	6	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	7	7	7	7	8	10	11	13	14	14	14	14	12	11	10	8	9	9	9	8	9	11	15	17	19	20	20	17	14	11	7	6	4	1	3	6	7	7	6	5	7	9	10	9	9
Gusts (kn)	2	4	2	4	4	3	4	6	15	19	24	28	29	31	19	12	9	12	16	17	18	19	22	24	24	27	25	27	17	15	14	12	12	12	14	15	16	17	18	20	22	24	11	10	9	6	5	6	8	8	8	8	10	13	13	14	5	5	4	2	1	2	3	3	4	5	5	7	8	8	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	6	7	9	12	13	12	11	9	8	8	10	14	17	19	21	23	25	27	5	4	3	4	4	5	6	7	8	10	12	13	14	14	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	6	5	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	6	8	9	10	10	6	6	6	6	7	8	12	16	19	19	18	17	15	13	13	6	7	7	7	7	8	10	14	17	18	19	20	22	25	25	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	12	14	15	16	18	21	24	25	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	17	20	23	26	22	20	18	17	16	16	17	19	21	22	24	25	26	26	25	12	11	10	8	5	3	2	2	3	6	11	14	15	14	13
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7
Wave Per.	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8
Wave Energy (Kj)	208	198	186	179	170	166	160	155	155	150	150	150	146	162	190	180	174	164	162	160	158	151	144	138	132	124	117	114	127	141	160	176	196	225	248	271	305	328	351	382	402	423	486	499	493	501	504	504	506	498	485	477	462	447	428	416	298	295	288	285	285	294	297	301	310	314	311	309	303	293	208	206	200	198	194	193	188	184	184	179	177	174	170	170	216	225	233	242	240	236	234	223	210	199	196	188	181	184
Temp. (°C)	15	18	22	22	21	24	27	27	32	31	30	28	27	25	16	17	19	20	21	22	22	23	23	22	21	20	18	16	9	10	13	15	17	19	20	21	20	20	19	18	17	15	10	11	14	17	19	20	21	22	22	22	22	21	20	18	11	12	15	18	19	19	19	19	18	19	20	21	20	19	12	14	15	16	17	18	18	18	18	19	20	20	19	16	11	12	13	15	17	19	20	20	20	19	19	18	17	15	11	13	14	16	17	19	20	21	21	22	23	23	21	18	13	14	16	17	19	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	20	18	14	16	18	19	20	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	21	18	12	14	15	18	20	23	24	26	26	25	24	22	19	16	14	14	17	19	21	22	24	25	25	26	25	25	23	21	17	14	11	13	16	18	21	23	24	24	24	23	22	21	18	16	13	11	12	14	16	19	21	22	22	22	21	21	19	17	15	13	10	11	13	15	18	21	23	24	25	25	24	22	20	16	14	15	17	19	21	23	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	23	20	18
Rain (mm)
Cloud Cov. (%)			1	100	100							85	97		100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	10	19													57	60	18												28	16													98	98	97	89	81	73	72	72	71	81	90	100	100	99	32	41	49	51	53	55	61	68	74	68	61	55	57	60	30	19	7	5	2																																															12	25	37	58	79	100	3	1																													44	46	48	32	16					19	37	56	48	41	33	81	84	86	59	33	6	4	2
Tide Ht.	-0.6	-0.3	-0.0	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.0	0.2	0.5	-0.7	-0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.2	0.4	-0.9	-0.7	-0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.1	0.3	-0.9	-0.8	-0.6	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.1	0.2	-0.9	-0.9	-0.8	-0.6	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.2	-0.7	-0.8	-0.8	-0.7	-0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	-0.6	-0.7	-0.8	-0.8	-0.7	-0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	-0.3	-0.6	-0.7	-0.8	-0.8	-0.6	-0.4	-0.2	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	-0.1	-0.4	-0.6	-0.7	-0.8	-0.7	-0.6	-0.4	-0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.4	-0.6	-0.7	-0.8	-0.7	-0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.6	-0.7	-0.7	-0.6	-0.4	-0.1	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.2	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	-0.6	-0.6	-0.4	-0.1	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	-0.0	-0.3	-0.4	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	0.1	0.4	0.7	0.9	0.9	-0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	-0.0	-0.2	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	0.9	1.1	-0.5	-0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	0.2	0.6	0.9	1.1	-0.9	-0.5	-0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.4	0.7	1.0
Tide Dir.					high					low										high				low										high				low											high				low				low							high			low					low								high		low					low								high		low					low								high							low							high							low								high							low							high			high						low							high			high						low						high				high					low							high				high					low						high					high					low
Tide Time					10:30					15:10										11:10				15:30										11:50				15:50											12:40				16:20				06:30							13:40			16:40					07:20								15:00		17:20					08:10								16:10		18:10					09:10								17:10							10:00							17:40							10:50								18:10							11:30							18:30			06:10						12:20							19:00			07:30						13:00						19:30				08:30					13:40							20:00				09:30					14:20						20:40					10:30					15:00

El Capitan - Santa Barbara, California El Capitan is a right-point break characterized by hollow, fast, and fun waves over a boulder bottom. This surf spot requires a significant west swell to produce rideable conditions, typically working at low and mid tide. Access is convenient, with parking available at the campground right off Highway 101, followed by a short walk of 5-15 minutes. Known for its low consistency, El Capitan can be a crowded affair, especially on weekends. The local scene is competitive, and surfers should be cautious of sharp boulders and potential drop-ins. While the waves can deliver solid barrels during optimal conditions, the experience can be tense due to the high number of surfers vying for the best rides. For those willing to navigate the crowd, El Capitan offers a unique and rewarding surf experience.

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Optimal Tide Height

Tide moment:

mid tide

+/- 2hrs around the low tide

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