Blacks Beach surf break

Blacks Beach surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 21 Jan 2026 PST
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Blacks Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Blacks Beach sea temperature is
15.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Blacks Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Blacks Beach at 9AM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (21 Jan)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (21 Jan)3ft (0.9m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.6
SSW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
W
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)121211161514141413131313131112121212131314141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1801741571861691653413362362252252251738914210610698546870696969
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
0
NW
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
0
SW
0
ESE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
NW
0
E
5
E
0
NE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscrosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
glassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:53PM
1.22
9:53AM
1.69
11:23PM
1.27
10:31AM
1.52
11:55PM
1.33
11:16AM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:51AM
0.57
4:51PM
-0.14
4:38AM
0.56
5:19PM
-0.01
5:35AM
0.55
5:48PM
0.15
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise--6:50-------6:48-------6:48-----
Sunset-----5:09-------5:10-------5:12--
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------1----------
Temp. °C141415161616161616151516171615151515151516161515
Feels °C (?)141515151616161616161615161514151615161515151314
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