Birdrock surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 PDT
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Birdrock surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Birdrock sea temperature is
20.9° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Birdrock today?

The current surf forecast for Birdrock at 3AM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)15s

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

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Tue
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
2
0
2
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)161616161515151515151514141414141414141314131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)412452447436367353279344259263242233233264264257243145145141143141222109
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
WSW
5
NE
15
WNW
10
N
10
NNW
25
NNW
15
NNW
5
N
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
W
5
WNW
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
onglasscross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:04PM
1.73
8:04AM
1.37
7:03PM
1.80
8:30AM
1.47
7:49PM
1.84
8:54AM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:42AM
-0.10
1:24PM
0.70
2:20AM
-0.13
2:09PM
0.54
2:52AM
-0.11
2:48PM
0.40
Tue
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise----6:33-------6:33-------6:35---
Sunset-------6:52-------6:51-------6:50
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------1-1---------------
Temp. °C222221222122222221212223242323232222212121222222
Feels °C (?)232321222123222221192224242323252424232423232323
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Birdrock (calm at La Jolla- CA 6 km from Birdrock). 0.6m 16s long period groundswell from the SSW with a 0.5m 8s swell from the WSW and a 0.4m 13s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 53 min ago

5 km/h
NNE
Clean
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