Carlsbad City Beach Surf Forecast

/ CAL – San Diego County (71 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (33.22° N 117.41° W)

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 13 Nov 2025 PST

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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 1.8°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 11PM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm November 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (13 Nov)	-	-
Evening (13 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	16s

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

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12 Days Hourly

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	Thu 13		Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sunday 16
	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	3	1	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	0	3	0	2	1	2	2	2	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	W	W	WSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	14	14	7	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	298	298	295	487	382	422	417	411	339	618	521	437	264	261	241	229	175	166	158	156	154	154	154	154
Wind (km/h)	WSW	NNW	NE	N	SE	ESE	S	SE	ESE	E	S	ESE	ESE	W	E	SW	SW	SE	ESE	ESE	E	SSE	SW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	4:24PM 1.65				5:37AM 1.91				5:30PM 1.62				6:03AM 2.00				6:25PM 1.61				6:26AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)			10:52PM 0.58				11:52AM 0.85				11:29PM 0.67				12:34PM 0.67				12:01AM 0.76					1:09PM 0.52

	Thu 13		Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sunday 16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:46

Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	3	2	5	23	13	2	2	1	1	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	17	18	19	18	19	18	18	18	17	18	17	15	15	17	16	16	15	14	15	16	17	17
Feels °C (?)	20	20	14	17	18	17	19	19	18	18	18	18	15	13	13	15	16	15	14	13	13	15	16	16

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