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Del Mar Beach surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Sunday 18 Jan 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
15.9° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 7AM is: 0.4m 18s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (18 Jan)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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

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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
Period(s) (?)121818161616151514141313131313121215151413131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)701081061391931862151572801922391841711681631127676109203229219206187
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
ENE
5
E
0
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
N
0
NE
5
NW
0
N
0
SSE
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
S
0
NNW
0
ENE
5
ESE
0
SSW
10
W
10
W
0
E
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglassglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		onglassglassglassglassglassglassononglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:14AM
2.31
9:59PM
1.57
8:47AM
2.31
10:27PM
1.60
9:20AM
2.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:59AM
1.08
3:30PM
0.13
2:34AM
1.05
3:59PM
0.15
3:11AM
1.02
4:27PM
0.21
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise--6:50-------6:50-------6:50-----
Sunset-----5:07-------5:07-------5:08--
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
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. °C212120212322202019191819201817181818182021191818
Feels °C (?)171716181918171817171617171617171816151818161716
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