Carlsbad City Beach surf break

Carlsbad City Beach surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 26 Mar 2026 PDT
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Carlsbad City Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Carlsbad City Beach sea temperature is
19.0° C
(Which is 3.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Carlsbad City Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Carlsbad City Beach at 2AM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (27 Mar)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (27 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)151414141414141414141414141313131313131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)142140138138102100138138186186138134123120156156156101999692898787
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
WNW
5
N
5
W
5
NNW
10
W
15
W
10
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
N
10
NW
10
NW
15
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NW
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:10PM
1.55
5:22AM
1.96
7:39PM
1.68
6:30AM
2.02
8:06PM
1.80
7:25AM
2.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:28PM
1.29
12:48PM
0.30
12:40AM
1.12
1:31PM
0.27
1:31AM
0.93
2:06PM
0.29
Thu
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise----6:43-------6:43-------6:41---
Sunset-------7:06-------7:06-------7:07
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171717181721212019181919202223232020201919212120
Feels °C (?)171818181821201919181918182020201719191818191918
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