Del Mar Beach surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 15 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
19.0° C
(Which is 3.5°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 2PM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Afternoon (15 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (15 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515151515141414141414171717171415151616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)246246191191144188186186183183236168205212212144161256339324348273263246
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
10
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
5
W
5
W
0
SSE
0
WSW
5
SSW
10
SW
20
SW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
WSW
20
W
20
W
5
WNW
5
NW
5
N
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassonononononglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
onononglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:21AM
1.90
8:36PM
2.17
9:08AM
1.87
9:05PM
2.30
9:57AM
1.80
9:37PM
2.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:20PM
0.53
3:03AM
0.37
2:50PM
0.62
3:46AM
0.21
3:21PM
0.73
4:32AM
0.11
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
Sunrise6:18-------6:18-------6:16-------
Sunset---7:19-------7:19-------7:20----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151717171615151515181817171717171719191817171616
Feels °C (?)151615151615161615161515161615151617161517171617
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