Del Mar Beach surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 13 Oct 2025 PDT
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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
17.9° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Del Mar Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Del Mar Beach at 10PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Oct)--
Afternoon (13 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (13 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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

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Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.1
W
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)161691414151556141313131313131313131313131218
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)291215189186186188242165200143139139141141141999895939593828050
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
20
S
25
S
35
S
35
S
20
W
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
10
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossoncrossglasscross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:54PM
1.90
6:23AM
1.59
4:33PM
1.86
6:56AM
1.71
5:49PM
1.87
7:24AM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:57PM
0.39
10:54AM
1.31
11:58PM
0.38
12:10PM
1.13
12:43AM
0.38
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise------6:52-------6:52-------6:52-
Sunset-6:17-------6:16-------6:15------
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------121--------------
Temp. °C181919191818181817161616161615171717171716151619
Feels °C (?)141616161514121215151515161614161413141615141517
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Del Mar Beach (light winds from the S at Carlsbad Airport 14 km from Del Mar Beach). 0.7m 9s swell from the WSW with a 0.5m 15s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.2m 19s long period groundswell from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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11 km/h
S
Cross-Off
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