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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Friday 16 Jan 2026 PST
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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
16.0° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Del Mar Rivermouth today?

The current surf forecast for Del Mar Rivermouth at 4AM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (17 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
W
0.7
W
Period(s) (?)141313131312121212121218181616161515141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3132952322292061481461041037170108106139193186215157280195239184171168
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
NNE
5
E
5
E
5
E
5
ENE
5
WNW
10
NW
5
N
5
ENE
5
E
5
E
5
ENE
0
NE
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
N
0
NE
0
W
5
ESE
5
S
5
WSW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffglassglassoncross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglassonglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:06PM
1.52
7:40AM
2.27
9:32PM
1.54
8:14AM
2.31
9:59PM
1.57
8:47AM
2.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:24AM
1.13
3:00PM
0.15
1:59AM
1.08
3:30PM
0.13
2:34AM
1.05
3:59PM
0.15
Fri
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise----6:50-------6:50-------6:50---
Sunset-------5:06-------5:07-------5:07
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C202121202022252323232221212223222120201919202019
Feels °C (?)191918161718211819191817171919181817171716171717
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