Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Blacks Beach today (18 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 16s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 16s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Blacks Beach at 11PM is: 1.2m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 18). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 18s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (18 Oct) | 4ft (1.2m) | 16s |
| Evening (18 Oct) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Blacks Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Sun afternoon, min 19°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sun 18 | Monday 19 | Tuesday 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
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 | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 724 | 715 | 838 | 679 | 653 | 530 | 522 | 776 | 763 | 817 | 817 | 817 | 754 | 715 | 588 | 580 | 573 | 485 | 565 | 557 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | cross-on | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on |
High Tide | 3:22PM1.27m | 6:57AM1.19m | 4:52PM1.30m | 7:05AM1.27m | 5:52PM1.36m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:29PM0.24m | 11:35AM0.95m | 00:09AM0.20m | 12:21PM0.78m | ||||||||||||||||
 | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 6:12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:09 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 26 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 |
Feels °C | 22 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 |
| kJ | 724 | 715 | 838 | 679 | 653 | 530 | 522 | 776 | 763 | 817 | 817 | 817 | 754 | 715 | 588 | 580 | 573 | 485 | 565 | 557 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 19 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | S 18 | S 18 | S 18 | S 17 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 7 | WNW 11 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 6 | W 5 | WNW 5 | WNW 11 |
| kJ | 188 | 57 | 57 | 226 | 155 | 300 | 212 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 56 | 15 | 102 | 20 | 27 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 38 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 12 | S 19 | WNW 13 | SSW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | W 18 | W 18 | W 18 | WNW 7 | WNW 12 | WNW 16 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | SSW 18 | WNW 11 | WNW 15 |
| kJ | 57 | 113 | 67 | 59 | 50 | 83 | 81 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 44 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 107 | 11 | 21 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | WNW 13 | WNW 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | 60 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 26 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 76 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 145 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 8 |
Best forecast wave conditions in San Diego County | ||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Blacks Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest