Carlsbad City Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(San Diego County, USA)

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Carlsbad City Beach Surf Guide

Carlsbad City Beach in San Diego County is an exposed beach break that has quite reliable surf and can work at any time of the year. Offshore winds are from the northeast. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the optimum swell angle is from the west. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves. Best around high tide. It very rarely gets crowded here. Be wary of rips - they make surfing here dangerous.

Carlsbad City Beach Spot Info

Type:	Rating:
Beach	3.3
Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
fairly consistent	14.4°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Carlsbad City Beach:

The best conditions reported for surf at Carlsbad City Beach occur when a West swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Northeast.

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What's the best time of year to surf Carlsbad City Beach (for consistent clean waves)?

januaryBest Season: winter

The best time of year for surfing Carlsbad City Beach with consistent clean waves (rideable swell with light / offshore winds) is during Winter and most often the month of January. Clean surfable waves are typically found 52% of the time in January while 35% of the time it tends to be blown out. For the remaining 13% of the time it is considered too small by most surfers but may still be OK for beginners and groms at times.

clean

52%

Surfable waves that hold up well for longer rides in prevailing cross-offshore, offshore or light wind conditions.

blown out

35%

Surfable sized waves that are of poorer quality due to prevailing onshore, cross-onshore or windy conditions (may be preferable for kitesurfing).

too small

13%

Waves usually considered too small for good surf. Some wave-magnet breaks may still work though if conditions are right (on occasion).

Explore Carlsbad City Beach Location Map

Interactive Carlsbad City Beach surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Carlsbad City Beach is Miramar Mcas Airport (NKX) in USA, 47 km (29 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Carlsbad City Beach is San Diego International Lindbergh Fld Airport (SAN), also in USA, 58 km (36 miles) away.

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Carlsbad City Beach Surf Forecasts:

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Todays Surf Summary
Saturday, 6 March 2021, 15:11 Local Time

m, °C	Saturday 06
ft, °F	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Wave (m)	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass

What does Carlsbad City Beach look like?

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Tides at Carlsbad City Beach

Current tide and informaton

For Oceanside, 4.0 km from Carlsbad City Beach.

Next High Water: 05:44pm | 1.41m

Next Low Water: 09:28pm | 1.27m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
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Carlsbad City Beach Sea Temperature

The water temperature (14.4 °C) at Carlsbad City Beach is quite cool. If the sun does come out as forecast, it should feel warm enough to surf in a good sealed spring wetsuit. Some surfers would prefer to wear gloves and boots too. Effective windchill factor of (14.0 °C) will make the air and water feel about the same temperature.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit, neoprene gloves and boots.