Del Mar Beach surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 15 Mar 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
16.9° C
(Which is 1.7°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: 0.9m 19s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)18s
Afternoon (16 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)17s
Evening (16 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)16s

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


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Sun
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
1
2
2
3
3
2
2
1
1
3
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
S
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)191819181818181716161616161616151515151515151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)608503460677670662625632582561330661547540534494468462381381376376376301
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
W
5
NNW
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
WNW
0
W
5
W
0
ESE
10
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrossononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:48PM
1.71
8:00AM
2.11
9:05PM
1.83
8:38AM
2.13
9:26PM
1.95
9:18AM
2.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:02AM
0.95
2:45PM
0.28
2:38AM
0.78
3:10PM
0.31
3:16AM
0.62
3:36PM
0.37
Sun
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise----6:58-------6:56-------6:54---
Sunset-------6:57-------6:58-------6:59
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151616171720212019191920202323222222212020232222
Feels °C (?)151616171618191919191920192221202221212020222021
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