Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Del Mar Beach today (09 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 16s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 16s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Del Mar Beach at 12AM is: 1.1m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (PDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (09 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (09 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 16s |
| Evening (09 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Del Mar Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 25°C on Thu afternoon, min 19°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Thu night, strong winds from the WSW by Sun morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thu 8 | Friday 9 | Saturday 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 20 | SSW 20 | SSW 20 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 539 | 683 | 532 | 580 | 512 | 499 | 487 | 474 | 393 | 432 | 544 | 544 | 428 | 367 | 367 | 448 | 448 | 553 | 1093 | 751 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross-on | on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | glassy | on | on | on | cross-on | on |
High Tide | 8:30PM1.99m | 8:50AM2.14m | 9:14PM1.91m | 9:15AM2.20m | 9:56PM1.81m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:30PM0.55m | 2:36AM0.47m | 3:09PM0.41m | 3:03AM0.59m | 3:47PM0.33m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 6:23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:22 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 25 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 |
Feels °C | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 22 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 11 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 11 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 |
| kJ | 291 | 683 | 532 | 580 | 512 | 499 | 487 | 474 | 393 | 214 | 443 | 437 | 367 | 367 | 367 | 367 | 367 | 553 | 1093 | 751 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 16 | SSW 11 | S 11 | S 10 | S 11 | SSW 11 | S 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 15 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 9 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 14 | SSW 10 | SSW 9 |
| kJ | 539 | 191 | 184 | 141 | 251 | 254 | 242 | 198 | 206 | 382 | 202 | 157 | 154 | 96 | 96 | 448 | 448 | 362 | 72 | 78 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 24 | SSW 24 | SSW 23 | S 12 | SSW 21 | SSW 21 | SSW 21 | SSW 21 | SSW 20 | SSW 20 | SSW 20 | SSW 20 | SSW 19 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SW 9 | SW 9 | SSW 10 | W 18 | SSW 13 |
| kJ | 184 | 108 | 107 | 77 | 359 | 359 | 260 | 151 | 218 | 432 | 544 | 544 | 428 | 319 | 364 | 86 | 84 | 71 | 26 | 109 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 4 | — | WNW 4 | WNW 10 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | NW 10 | WNW 10 | — | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | — | W 5 | WNW 4 | WNW 5 |
| kJ | 20 | 20 | 4 | — | 5 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 9 | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | 11 | 22 | 52 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 37 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 36 | 8 | 36 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 36 | 36 | 37 | 36 | 37 |
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