Blacks Beach surf break

Blacks Beach surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 16 Mar 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
16.9° C
(Which is 1.7°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 2AM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 16). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Afternoon (17 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Evening (17 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)15s

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


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Mon
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)161616161616161515151515151515141414141418181817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)582561330661547547534494468462381381376376305301293281217213102124124243
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NW
5
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
0
NNW
5
NNW
0
NW
10
W
15
WNW
10
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
N
10
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrossglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
onglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:06PM
1.32
8:40AM
1.65
9:26PM
1.44
9:18AM
1.61
9:49PM
1.55
9:58AM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:38AM
0.28
3:12PM
-0.17
3:15AM
0.13
3:36PM
-0.12
3:54AM
0.01
4:02PM
-0.01
Mon
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise----6:56-------6:54-------6:54---
Sunset-------6:58-------6:58-------6:59
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202021222326262625232424242725242322232322252623
Feels °C (?)192021212224232323222322232522222221222220232322
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