Blacks Beach surf break

Blacks Beach surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 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
21.4° C
(Which is 1.5°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 6PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)--
Afternoon (16 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (16 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.4
SW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)131212161616161515151515151414141414141413141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)93585689894215133803753703801041347474273366341207195621928863
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
15
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
5
W
10
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
glassonononcrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:02PM
1.69
8:06AM
1.31
7:01PM
1.76
8:32AM
1.40
7:49PM
1.79
8:55AM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:03PM
0.88
1:23AM
-0.09
1:03PM
0.72
2:02AM
-0.11
1:48PM
0.57
2:35AM
-0.09
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise------6:33-------6:33-------6:33-
Sunset-6:53-------6:52-------6:51------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----------1-12331-------
Temp. °C232322222122212224222122202122232323222221212122
Feels °C (?)232323232323232324222121192223252424242423242323
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

  1. weather stationWind Update Offshore wind reported 5 km from Blacks Beach (light winds from the NNE at La Jolla- CA 5 km from Blacks Beach). 0.3m 3s local chop from the W with a 0.2m 8s swell from the WNW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 57 min ago

11 km/h
NNE
Cross-Off
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