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 10 pm Saturday 13 Sep 2025 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 21.4° C
(Which is 1.6°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 3AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s
Afternoon (14 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s
Evening (14 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s

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

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	Sat 13		Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	21	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	131	128	208	183	186	186	178	166	163	163	168	227	212	279	276	369	361	451	413	404	522	516	493	454
Wind (km/h)	WNW	NNW	W	WNW	WNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	W	W	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					5:49AM 1.32			3:10PM 1.97					7:03AM 1.46			4:46PM 1.98					7:36AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)		9:57PM 0.49			7:48AM 1.31						11:28PM 0.41			10:29AM 1.34					12:33AM 0.32				12:04PM 1.23

	Sat 13		Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	18	18	18	21	21	20	19	19	19	19	20	23	23	23	21	22	22	22	23	25	25	24
Feels °C (?)	19	19	19	20	20	21	20	20	21	21	20	21	22	23	22	24	22	24	24	23	24	24	24	24

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Carlsbad City Beach (calm at Oceanside Airport 6 km from Carlsbad City Beach). 0.5m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.3m 6s windswell from the W and a 0.1m 14s groundswell from the WNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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