Carlsbad City Beach surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 30 Oct 2025 PDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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 slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Carlsbad City Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Carlsbad City Beach at 1AM is: 0.7m 22s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)22s
Afternoon (31 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)20s
Evening (31 Oct)3ft (0.9m)20s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
30
Friday
31
Saturday
01
Sunday
02
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
3
2
3
3
2
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)242222222221212020202019181818181818171616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)154323595595408404492609603596432428696659603596448352563499539532487487
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
S
5
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
S
5
SSW
0
S
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
NW
0
SW
5
WNW
5
E
5
W
5
SW
15
W
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
ononglassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:39AM
1.72
5:41PM
1.73
6:56AM
1.88
6:41PM
1.77
7:19AM
2.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:43PM
0.53
12:12PM
1.10
12:18AM
0.51
12:56PM
0.84
12:52AM
0.53
1:39PM
0.56
Thu
30
Friday
31
Saturday
01
Sunday
02
Sunrise----7:05-------7:07-------7:07---
Sunset-------5:59-------5:58-------5:57
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C202019181820201918181818182021201919191919222120
Feels °C (?)212120181920201919191919192021202020201919222020
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