Del Mar Rivermouth Surf Forecast

/ CAL – San Diego County (71 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks)

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 16 Oct 2025 PDT

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Del Mar Rivermouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Del Mar Rivermouth sea temperature is 17.6° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Del Mar Rivermouth today?

The current surf forecast for Del Mar Rivermouth at 11PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (16 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	18s
Evening (16 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	12s

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

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	Thursday 16				Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	2	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	S	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	12	12	15	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	82	84	73	47	54	89	130	181	188	147	204	207	270	305	271	261	258	258	255	255	248	199	191	188
Wind (km/h)	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	ESE	W	WNW	WNW	NNW	NW	NW	N	NNE	WNW	WNW	WNW	NNW	NW	N	NNW	NNW	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	glass	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)			6:47PM 1.88				7:48AM 1.91				7:34PM 1.88					8:10AM 1.99				8:15PM 1.85				8:30AM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)	1:02PM 0.95				1:19AM 0.42				1:43PM 0.78				1:49AM 0.49					2:18PM 0.63				2:15AM 0.58

	Thursday 16				Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	20	23	22	21	20	20	20	20	20	21
Feels °C (?)	16	17	17	18	17	17	19	19	19	18	20	18	19	18	18	21	19	20	20	20	19	19	19	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Del Mar Rivermouth (calm at Carlsbad Airport 14 km from Del Mar Rivermouth). 0.4m 13s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.4m 6s windswell from the W and a 0.1m 18s long period groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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