Del Mar Beach surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 02 Apr 2026 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
18.6° C
(Which is 3.2°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 3AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 02). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (03 Apr)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (03 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)20s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
3
2
0
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)66677882020191919181818181716161616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)64679211713411595121186184263343407503404395448533636515508501567538
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
5
NNW
0
NE
5
ENE
5
NW
10
WNW
20
W
15
NW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
0
ESE
5
WNW
10
W
15
W
10
W
5
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
NNW
0
NW
10
WNW
15
W
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassonononglassglassglassglassglassononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:03PM
2.14
10:51AM
1.70
10:26PM
2.13
11:32AM
1.57
10:51PM
2.08
12:20PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:41AM
0.39
4:14PM
0.84
5:18AM
0.41
4:34PM
0.97
5:59AM
0.47
4:51PM
1.09
Thu
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise----6:33-------6:33-------6:31---
Sunset-------7:09-------7:10-------7:10
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161616151519202118181718192121191918181718202019
Feels °C (?)151517151517171817161718181818171918181718181717
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