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Diamond Street surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Monday 26 Jan 2026 PST
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Diamond Street surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Diamond Street sea temperature is
16.2° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Diamond Street today?

The current surf forecast for Diamond Street at 3AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (27 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (27 Jan)1ft (0.3m)13s

Table - waves today at Diamond Street. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Mon
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
SW
0.3
WNW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
WNW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
Period(s) (?)121213131311111113111313101218181818111111151413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6967454544434038272227401924498049306488119163474521
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
5
NE
5
NE
10
NE
5
N
10
N
15
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
10
NNW
15
NW
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
10
N
5
ENE
10
WNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoffglassoffglasscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:16PM
0.77
3:28AM
1.63
6:24PM
0.86
4:39AM
1.74
7:20PM
1.00
5:43AM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:21PM
0.65
11:47AM
0.03
10:05PM
0.75
12:47PM
-0.19
11:34PM
0.74
1:35PM
-0.37
Mon
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Sunrise----6:47-------6:46-------6:46---
Sunset-------5:15-------5:16-------5:17
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191817171617181716161515151617171617171718192021
Feels °C (?)151413121212131212121212131414141415141414151516
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