South Del Mar Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – CAL – San Diego County)

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South Del Mar Spot ID:

Type: reef

Reliability: fairly consistent

Best: Swell WSW | Wind E

Sea Temperature Today is: 17.6 °C

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Thursday, 23 May 2013, 05:52 Local time

m, °C	Wednesday 22
ft, °F	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Wave (m)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on

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South Del Mar in San Diego County is an exposed reef break that has quite reliable surf. Summer offers the optimum conditions for surfing. The best wind direction is from the east. Groundswells more frequent than windswells and the ideal swell angle is from the west southwest. There is a right breaking reef. When the surf is up, crowds are likely Watch out for .

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For La Jolla, Scripps Pier, California, 14 miles from South Del Mar.

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South Del Mar Tide Times and Tide Chart

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At BUOY-46225, 12 km from South Del Mar.

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Current weather near South Del Mar

Buoy Data:

At San Clemente Basin Buoy, 56 miles from South Del Mar.

	11PM	12AM	1AM	2AM
Data Age	5 hr	4 hr	3 hr	2 hr
Wave height (m)
Dominant period (s)	12	13	9	9

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Overall South Del Mar Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to South Del Mar: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Cherry Hill	1 mi
Second closest break	Del Mar Beach	1 mi
Third closest break	15th St.	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Del Mar Rivermouth	1 mi
Fifth closest break	Tippers	2 mi
Wave buoys nearest to South Del Mar:
Closest wave buoy	San Clemente Basin Buoy	56 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Santa Monica Basin Buoy	116 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Tanner Banks Buoy	137 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	East Santa Barbara Buoy	172 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	South Santa Rosa Island Buoy	175 mi
Tide stations nearest to South Del Mar:
Closest tide station	La Jolla, Scripps Pier	9 mi
Second closest tide station	Crown Point, Mission Bay	15 mi
Third closest tide station	Quivira Basin, Mission Bay	16 mi
Fourth closest tide station	San Diego	20 mi
Fifth closest tide station	San Diego, Quarantine Station	21 mi
Ski Resorts closest to South Del Mar:
Closest ski area	Snow Valley (United States)	86 mi
Second closest ski area	Mt Baldy (United States)	87 mi
Third closest ski area	Big Bear Mountain (United States)	88 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Snow Summit (United States)	88 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Bear Mountain (United States)	94 mi
Town and city forecasts close to South Del Mar:
Closest city location	Encinitas (United States)	3 mi
Second closest city location	Carlsbad (United States)	12 mi
Third closest city location	San Diego (United States)	12 mi
Fourth closest city location	San Marcos (United States)	12 mi
Fifth closest city location	Escondido (United States)	14 mi

The closest passenger airport to South Del Mar is Miramar Mcas Airport (NKX) in USA, 18 km (11 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to South Del Mar is San Diego International Lindbergh Fld Airport (SAN), also in USA, 30 km (19 miles) away.
Third is North Island Nas (San Diego) Airport (NZY) in USA, 33 km (20 miles) away.
General Abelardo L Rodriguez International (Tijuana) Airport (TIJ) in Mexico is 58 km (36 miles) away.
John Wayne Arpt Orange Co (Santa Ana) Airport (SNA) in USA is the fifth nearest airport to South Del Mar and is 94 km (58 miles) away.

South Del Mar break location map and break info

This is the Surf-Forecast page for South Del Mar, CAL - San Diego County. Use the tab navigation above to view South Del Mar sea temperature, South Del Mar photographs, South Del Mar detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, South Del Mar webcams, current wind from CAL - San Diego County live weather stations and South Del Mar tide predictions. The United States swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United States and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from United States wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around South Del Mar.

South Del Mar Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – CAL – San Diego County)

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Overall South Del Mar Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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