Beacons Surf Forecast

/ CAL – San Diego County (71 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (33.11° N 117.33° W)

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Beacons surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 14 Sep 2025 PDT

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Beacons surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Beacons sea temperature is 21.5° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Beacons today?

The current surf forecast for Beacons at 2AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 21s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	20s
Afternoon (15 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	20s
Evening (15 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	19s

Table - waves today at Beacons. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Sun 14		Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	1	0	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	0	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	21	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	163	163	168	225	214	279	373	369	383	442	413	522	504	510	465	432	427	422	417	427	513	380	375	370
Wind (km/h)	W	NW	W	NW	NW	WSW	W	W	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	NW	W	W	WSW	SW	N	WNW	NW	SW	SE	NW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)					7:03AM 1.46			4:46PM 1.98					7:36AM 1.58				6:02PM 2.04					8:04AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)			11:28PM 0.41			10:29AM 1.34					12:33AM 0.32				12:04PM 1.23				1:21AM 0.25				1:03PM 1.08

	Sun 14		Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	18	18	19	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	23	26	25	24	22	22	22	22	22	24	23	26
Feels °C (?)	21	20	20	20	21	24	23	24	24	24	24	23	23	26	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	25	21	25

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Beacons (calm at Carlsbad Airport 5 km from Beacons). 0.5m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.3m 6s windswell from the W. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 23 minutes ago Beacons

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