Carlsbad City Beach surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 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
18.5° C
(Which is 3.0°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 4PM is: 0.5m 19s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)19s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)121515191919181818181817161616161616161515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1128676192192188159227516395395297264254254326326326318161212209272209
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
15
W
25
W
25
WNW
15
WNW
5
WNW
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SSW
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
5
WSW
0
ESE
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassonononcrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:32PM
1.40
12:41AM
2.13
4:23PM
1.44
1:59AM
1.97
5:37PM
1.56
3:35AM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:27AM
0.23
6:00PM
1.25
8:45AM
0.31
7:33PM
1.36
10:04AM
0.36
9:51PM
1.34
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise6:11-------6:11-------6:09-------
Sunset---7:23-------7:24-------7:24----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151718181716161616171716151615151517181817171616
Feels °C (?)151515161413141515141311121515131316161515171615
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