Del Mar Beach surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 07 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
18.6° C
(Which is 3.2°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: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)2ft (0.6m)16s

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


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Tue
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
3
3
3
3
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1.3
W
1.3
W
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)1313131313131316161616871616161818181818151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)225222222171168166121125163208208208186211211274444547491547491188393493
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
0
WNW
5
SSW
5
S
5
S
10
WSW
15
W
10
W
5
W
10
SW
10
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
0
NW
0
WSW
5
SE
15
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
ononglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassglassglassglassononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:24AM
1.82
1:28AM
1.72
3:18AM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:17AM
0.69
10:46AM
0.67
11:45AM
0.60
Tue
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise----6:28-------6:26-------6:24---
Sunset-------7:14-------7:14-------7:15
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171716161619191919181717171919191818171717191918
Feels °C (?)171816161618181820181616161817171819181818171716
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