El Capitan Passage Sea Conditions and Tide Table

El Capitan Passage Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.

High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at 08:22 AM and sunset is at 03:18 PM.

Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Air temperatures will be well below freezing (max -10°C on Sun morning, min -15°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A dusting of snow turning to light rain (total 5mm) on Fri night. Icy conditions (max 4°C on Fri night, min -13°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.

Days 7–9 Weather Summary

Heavy rain (total 158mm), heaviest during Mon night. Mild temperatures (max 8°C on Mon night, min 4°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Sat night, light winds from the WSW by Mon night).

Days 10–12 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow, mostly falling on Tue morning will be washed away by heavy rain (total 56mm) on Thu night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 5°C on Thu morning, min -1°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Thursday
1
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PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
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PM
night
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PM
night
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night
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night
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night
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night
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Wave Height Map
High Tide
12:55PM3.67m
2:16AM3.03m
1:32PM3.60m
2:52AM3.04m
2:11PM3.48m
3:28AM3.05m
2:53PM3.32m
4:07AM3.08m
3:40PM3.10m
4:49AM3.14m
4:37PM2.87m
5:35AM3.22m
5:48PM2.66m
6:27AM3.35m
7:09PM2.55m
7:22AM3.51m
8:31PM2.58m
8:19AM3.69m
9:49PM2.72m
9:18AM3.88m
10:56PM2.92m
10:16AM4.03m
11:50PM3.12m
Low Tide
6:59AM1.34m
7:45PM-0.15m
7:37AM1.32m
8:20PM-0.13m
8:17AM1.29m
8:56PM-0.05m
9:01AM1.26m
9:32PM0.08m
9:50AM1.20m
10:11PM0.27m
10:47AM1.11m
10:56PM0.51m
11:55AM0.96m
11:48PM0.78m
1:06PM0.73m
00:48AM1.03m
2:16PM0.43m
1:53AM1.21m
3:22PM0.10m
3:01AM1.30m
4:22PM-0.20m
4:07AM1.31m
5:17PM-0.47m
5:06AM1.20m
Wave
height (m) 
direction
period (s) 
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light snow
light snow
snow showers
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
heavy rain
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
clear
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
light snow
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
heavy rain
 km/h
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
NE
10
E
10
E
15
SSE
20
S
20
SSE
40
SSE
15
S
15
E
20
SE
20
ESE
30
SSE
25
SSE
10
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
SSE
25
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
 mm 
5
6
8
32
17
14
22
7
7
45
7
2
1
8
6
5
24
max°C
-10
-11
-13
-14
-14
-14
-13
-12
-13
-12
-12
-12
-8
-9
-5
-3
-1
4
4
4
6
5
4
6
6
7
8
3
2
1
3
3
3
5
4
3
Moonrise
10:25
10:43
10:55
11:03
11:10
11:15
11:21
11:27
11:36
11:50
12:13
12:55
Moonset
4:30
5:54
7:20
8:45
10:10
11:36
1:05
2:38
4:18
6:00
7:35
Sunrise
8:22
8:22
8:23
8:23
8:23
8:25
8:25
8:25
8:25
8:25
8:23
8:23
Sunset
3:18
3:19
3:19
3:21
3:22
3:22
3:22
3:23
3:25
3:26
3:27
3:29
Today's sea temperature in El Capitan Passage is
6.7° C
(Statistics for 21 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 7.3 max: 8.8 min: 5.8°C)
Issued (local time): 2 am Sunday 21 Dec 2025
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