Del Mar Beach surf break

Del Mar Beach surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 15 Jan 2026 PST
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Del Mar Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Del Mar Beach sea temperature is
16.1° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Del Mar Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Del Mar Beach at 9AM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)16s
Afternoon (15 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Evening (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)14s

Table - waves today at Del Mar Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)181716161515141414141313141414131313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24030426643549445633632733132727328630433131329529022921514814610410371
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
NE
5
SSE
0
NNE
10
W
5
NW
5
N
5
WNW
5
N
5
NW
5
NNE
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
0
NNE
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglassglassoncross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:27AM
2.12
8:39PM
1.48
7:04AM
2.20
9:06PM
1.52
7:40AM
2.27
9:32PM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:07AM
1.21
1:57PM
0.28
12:48AM
1.17
2:29PM
0.20
1:24AM
1.13
3:00PM
0.15
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise--6:52-------6:50-------6:50-----
Sunset-----5:05-------5:05-------5:06--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212019212220201919181820211919191919192022212222
Feels °C (?)181716181818181717171618181618171717171718181919
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