Del Mar Beach surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 25 Aug 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
23.5° C
(Which is 3.4°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 4PM is: 0.6m 19s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am August 25). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Aug)2ft (0.6m)20s
Afternoon (25 Aug)2ft (0.6m)19s
Evening (25 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)18s

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

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Monday
25
Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thu
28
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
2
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)201919191818181818181716161616161616161615151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)481483480543528594550530520569465431334334396392408301299294210187147253
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
5
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
N
5
WSW
10
W
15
WNW
10
W
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
glassglassonononcross-
on
onglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:16AM
1.89
11:07PM
1.87
11:41AM
1.90
11:45PM
1.67
12:06PM
1.88
12:28AM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:10PM
0.74
5:20AM
0.59
5:52PM
0.75
5:40AM
0.76
6:40PM
0.79
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thu
28
Sunrise6:18-------6:18-------6:20-------
Sunset---7:22-------7:22-------7:20----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202222212019192020222221202020202123232221202021
Feels °C (?)212222202120202121232221212121212323232222212122
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

  1. weather stationWind Update Onshore wind has changed to cross-on at Del Mar Beach (light winds from the WSW at Carlsbad Airport 14 km from Del Mar Beach). 0.5m 6s windswell from the W with a 0.4m 15s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.3m 19s long period groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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1 h 47 min ago

15 km/h
WSW
Cross-On
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