Blacks Beach surf break

Blacks Beach surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Saturday 17 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
15.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Blacks Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Blacks Beach at 1AM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (18 Jan)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.6
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
Period(s) (?)121212181816161615151414131313131312121515141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10371701081061391931862151572801922391841711681631127676155264243219
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
5
E
10
E
10
ENE
5
E
0
NE
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
0
NW
0
NNW
0
NE
0
S
10
WSW
10
WSW
0
SSE
0
E
5
S
5
NE
5
SE
5
S
5
W
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoffoffoffglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
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High Tide
/ height (m)
9:32PM
1.10
8:11AM
1.85
9:57PM
1.13
8:44AM
1.85
10:24PM
1.17
9:18AM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:57AM
0.66
3:28PM
-0.29
2:32AM
0.62
3:56PM
-0.27
3:10AM
0.59
Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise----6:50-------6:50-------6:50---
Sunset-------5:07-------5:07-------5:08
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232322212121232220202019192020181818191919202120
Feels °C (?)191917171718191817171817171817161818181716171817
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