Carlsbad City Beach surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 02 Feb 2026 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
16.3° C
(Which is 1.5°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 7PM is: 1.4m 15s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm February 02). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Feb)--
Afternoon (02 Feb)5ft (1.5m)16s
Evening (02 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)15s

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

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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)161615151514141414131313131212121211111816161416
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11219679307636275154174053132992191631581511081037066656082236187183
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
S
5
SSE
5
S
5
NNW
5
NW
5
N
5
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
N
5
NE
5
NE
10
NE
5
NE
10
W
10
WNW
5
NNE
5
NE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
glassglassglasscrossglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassoffoffoffoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:13PM
1.80
9:35AM
2.29
10:46PM
1.84
10:15AM
2.08
11:17PM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:51PM
0.03
3:30AM
0.82
4:23PM
0.18
4:16AM
0.82
4:52PM
0.36
5:04AM
0.84
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise------6:43-------6:43-------6:41-
Sunset-5:22-------5:22-------5:23------
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181817171717182123232222222121252725262521191819
Feels °C (?)171717171716161919191919181716212321222118171717
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