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 4 am Thursday 18 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 1.7°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 10AM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	14s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	14s
Evening (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	14s

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

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	Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	S	SSW	S	S	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	S	SSW	SW	S
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	16	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	283	268	264	264	366	346	264	207	128	195	173	126	171	236	112	125	119	115	112	168	119	165	119	119
Wind (km/h)	NW	NNW	S	S	WSW	W	W	W	W	SW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	W	W	W	W	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)				8:30AM 1.77			7:45PM 2.14					8:54AM 1.85				8:26PM 2.12				9:16AM 1.92				9:04PM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)	1:59AM 0.22				1:48PM 0.93					2:31AM 0.24				2:27PM 0.79				2:59AM 0.31				3:03PM 0.67

	Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	22	24	24	23	21	21	21	21	21	23	23	22	21	21	21	20	21	23	23	22	20	20
Feels °C (?)	23	23	25	25	25	24	23	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	24	24	22	23	24	23	22	22	21

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Carlsbad City Beach (light winds from the WNW at Oceanside Airport 6 km from Carlsbad City Beach). 0.6m 14s groundswell from the S with a 0.4m 3s local chop from the WNW and a 0.2m 5s windswell from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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2 h 39 min ago

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WNW

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