Carlsbad City Beach surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 07 Apr 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
18.5° C
(Which is 3.2°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 3PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Afternoon (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
1
2
2
1
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1.2
W
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)14141413131313131313131616161681616161617181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)239236232176173173171171168125123125163208208208211127211271381547491547
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
ESE
5
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
10
SW
15
WSW
10
W
5
SW
10
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
S
15
SW
15
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
onononglassglasscross-
on
crossglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:26AM
1.82
1:29AM
1.72
3:19AM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:51AM
0.65
9:18AM
0.69
10:47AM
0.66
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise6:30-------6:28-------6:26-------
Sunset---7:14-------7:14-------7:15----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151818181717171617191920181817171720191918171716
Feels °C (?)141716171717171618181719181817161619181718171717
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