Del Mar Beach surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 13 Sep 2025 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
21.9° C
(Which is 2.0°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 4PM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Afternoon (13 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (13 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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

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Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tue
16
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161513141414141414141414212020201919181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)144144144217130140208183186186173163163166170225214279373369361442413522
Wind
(km/h)
0
N
10
W
15
W
10
W
10
W
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
WSW
5
SW
0
WNW
0
WNW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononononglassglassglassglassonononglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:42PM
2.04
5:49AM
1.32
3:09PM
1.97
7:02AM
1.46
4:46PM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:33AM
1.15
9:56PM
0.50
7:46AM
1.31
11:28PM
0.42
10:29AM
1.34
12:33AM
0.32
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tue
16
Sunrise6:31-------6:31-------6:31-------
Sunset---6:58-------6:57-------6:54----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C192020201919191919212121201919192023232322212122
Feels °C (?)211919201920212121212122222121212223232423222223
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Del Mar Beach (light winds from the SSW at Carlsbad Airport 14 km from Del Mar Beach). 0.5m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.4m 6s windswell from the W and a 0.2m 16s long period groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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15 km/h
SSW
Cross-On
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