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Carlsbad City Beach surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 19 Dec 2025 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
16.9° C
 (Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)
Nearby Cam: 3km away, The Rooftop Bar (Fixed Wide West) | Oceanside, CA | San Diego Web Cam

How big are the waves at Carlsbad City Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Carlsbad City Beach at 2AM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm December 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Afternoon (20 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (20 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Fri
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)887777666699121212111111111111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10910278937355393819184241727168636262885958575553
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
5
S
5
SSE
5
SE
5
SE
0
NNE
5
NW
5
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrossglasscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:54PM
1.50
8:23AM
2.26
10:31PM
1.48
8:57AM
2.24
11:08PM
1.47
9:30AM
2.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:05AM
1.15
3:50PM
0.18
2:38AM
1.16
4:26PM
0.20
3:12AM
1.18
Fri
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Sunrise----6:48-------6:48-------6:48---
Sunset-------4:45-------4:45-------4:45
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151414141416171616161616171819181717171717181818
Feels °C (?)161314131415161617171716171717161516161616181617
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