El Portal

Name: El Portal Surf Spot
Address: San Clemente, California, United States

San Clemente, United States

Sand

Right now

The conditions at the spot at 1:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time.

Poor

Ankle-high (0.4 m) at 7 s going to E, moderate cross-shore wind going to NNW

Swell

0.4 m

7 s

Wind

13 km/h

NNW

Cross-shore

Tide

1.8 m

Falling

Weather

20 °C

Partly cloudy

23 °C water

10-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Time	Rating	Swell	Swell direction	Wind	Wind direction	Tide	Weather
12 AM	Poor	0.4 m · 7 s	E	15 km/h · 22 km/h gusts	NNW Cross-shore	1.9 m	Partly cloudy · 21 °C
1 AM	Poor	0.4 m · 7 s	E	13 km/h · 20 km/h gusts	NNW Cross-shore	1.8 m	Partly cloudy · 20 °C
2 AM	Poor	0.4 m · 7 s	E	14 km/h · 22 km/h gusts	NNW Cross-shore	1.7 m	Overcast · 20 °C
3 AM	Poor	0.4 m · 9 s	ENE	14 km/h · 21 km/h gusts	NNW Cross-shore	1.5 m	Overcast · 20 °C
4 AM	Fair	0.4 m · 13 s	NE	9 km/h · 16 km/h gusts	NW Cross-shore	1.4 m	Overcast · 20 °C
5 AM	Fair	0.4 m · 15 s	NNE	10 km/h · 16 km/h gusts	WNW Cross-shore	1.4 m	Overcast · 20 °C
6 AM	Good	0.4 m · 16 s	NNE	12 km/h · 17 km/h gusts	WNW Offshore	1.4 m	Mostly clear · 19 °C
7 AM	Good	0.4 m · 15 s	NNE	12 km/h · 19 km/h gusts	WNW Offshore	1.6 m	Overcast · 19 °C
8 AM	Fair	0.4 m · 14 s	NNE	14 km/h · 21 km/h gusts	NW Cross-shore	1.8 m	Overcast · 21 °C
9 AM	Fair	0.4 m · 14 s	NNE	14 km/h · 20 km/h gusts	NW Cross-shore	2 m	Overcast · 22 °C
10 AM	Fair	0.4 m · 13 s	NNE	15 km/h · 19 km/h gusts	NNW Cross-shore	2.2 m	Overcast · 23 °C
11 AM	Fair	0.4 m · 13 s	NNE	16 km/h · 19 km/h gusts	NNW Onshore	2.3 m	Partly cloudy · 24 °C
12 PM	Fair	0.4 m · 14 s	NNE	18 km/h · 22 km/h gusts	N Onshore	2.3 m	Overcast · 24 °C
1 PM	Fair	0.4 m · 15 s	NNE	16 km/h · 19 km/h gusts	N Onshore	2.2 m	Overcast · 23 °C
2 PM	Fair	0.4 m · 15 s	NNE	17 km/h · 21 km/h gusts	NNE Onshore	2 m	Overcast · 24 °C
3 PM	Fair	0.5 m · 14 s	NNE	17 km/h · 21 km/h gusts	N Onshore	1.7 m	Partly cloudy · 24 °C
4 PM	Fair	0.5 m · 13 s	NNE	15 km/h · 19 km/h gusts	N Onshore	1.4 m	Overcast · 22 °C
5 PM	Poor	0.5 m · 12 s	NNE	15 km/h · 19 km/h gusts	NNE Onshore	1.2 m	Overcast · 23 °C
6 PM	Poor	0.5 m · 12 s	NNE	15 km/h · 18 km/h gusts	N Onshore	1.1 m	Overcast · 22 °C
7 PM	Fair	0.5 m · 12 s	NNE	11 km/h · 14 km/h gusts	N Onshore	1.1 m	Overcast · 22 °C
8 PM	Fair	0.5 m · 12 s	NNE	10 km/h · 13 km/h gusts	NNW Cross-shore	1.1 m	Overcast · 22 °C
9 PM	Good	0.5 m · 13 s	NNE	10 km/h · 12 km/h gusts	N Onshore	1.3 m	Overcast · 21 °C
10 PM	Good	0.5 m · 14 s	NNE	6 km/h · 8 km/h gusts	NNW Onshore	1.4 m	Overcast · 21 °C
11 PM	Good	0.5 m · 15 s	NNE	4 km/h · 12 km/h gusts	N Onshore	1.6 m	Overcast · 21 °C