Del Mar Beach surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 05 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
18.5° C
(Which is 3.0°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 11AM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Afternoon (05 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Evening (05 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)161616161515151515151514141414141414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)636515508501567531524517517428418412405383302302302306302236232229225171
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
0
N
5
N
10
WNW
15
W
10
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
W
20
W
5
SW
5
SW
5
S
5
S
10
SSE
10
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassononononglassonglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:20PM
1.43
11:17PM
2.01
1:24PM
1.31
11:47PM
1.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:59AM
0.47
4:51PM
1.09
6:47AM
0.56
4:58PM
1.19
7:50AM
0.65
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise--6:31-------6:30-------6:28-----
Sunset-----7:10-------7:12-------7:13--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181920222221201918181719181717161615161919191818
Feels °C (?)182019202019191918181718161517161615151817181818
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