Del Mar Beach surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 05 Feb 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
16.4° C
(Which is 1.6°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 6AM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 05). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Afternoon (05 Feb)4ft (1.2m)14s
Evening (05 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)14s

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

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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
3
2
3
4
5
5
4
4
2
2
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.8
WNW
0.8
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
W
1.3
W
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.7
W
1.9
W
2.1
W
2.3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
Period(s) (?)161614141314141414141818181716161616151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)139337236313276694758843725106322932827323735643499337130642791250221461881166313351142
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
SSE
5
NE
15
SSW
20
SSW
5
SW
10
S
5
ESE
10
SSW
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SW
0
ESE
5
E
5
NNE
10
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
10
NNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:16PM
1.86
10:55AM
1.84
11:49PM
1.86
11:38AM
1.59
12:22AM
1.84
12:33PM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:03AM
0.84
5:18PM
0.56
5:57AM
0.87
5:41PM
0.76
7:03AM
0.91
6:00PM
0.94
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise--6:41-------6:39-------6:39-----
Sunset-----5:23-------5:24-------5:25--
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242021202019181817161618181716161616161717171716
Feels °C (?)201717161618171715161516161515161716161515141616
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