Blacks Beach surf break

Blacks Beach surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 20 Apr 2026 PDT
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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
18.2° C
(Which is 2.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Blacks Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Blacks Beach at 11PM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 20). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)--
Afternoon (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.8
W
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.9
W
1
W
1
W
0.6
SSW
0.9
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
Period(s) (?)131212121212128812141212111111136667888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1061031388583868313201172508385191253244135627695192253227193
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
0
NW
5
WNW
5
N
0
SW
10
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
SSW
10
SSE
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononglasscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:51PM
0.94
11:36PM
1.78
2:26PM
0.87
12:34AM
1.63
4:25PM
0.91
1:53AM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:01PM
0.61
7:22AM
-0.25
5:47PM
0.74
8:41AM
-0.16
7:14PM
0.85
10:04AM
-0.12
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise------6:11-------6:11-------6:09-
Sunset-7:22-------7:22-------7:23------
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171717161616161818181817171616161616161616151618
Feels °C (?)151516161516161615161614151313131212141415141416
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