Diamond Street surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 17 Apr 2026 PDT
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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
18.1° C
(Which is 2.5°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 7AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)161515151414141514141414141414131313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)245242226217214214214217214167162151147186186183142142140140138113113132
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
NNW
0
NW
10
W
20
WNW
10
W
5
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
10
W
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
W
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:41PM
1.96
10:46AM
1.28
10:16PM
1.99
11:42AM
1.15
10:56PM
1.95
12:48PM
1.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:50AM
-0.36
4:18PM
0.34
5:39AM
-0.38
4:52PM
0.48
6:34AM
-0.32
Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise----6:16-------6:15-------6:13---
Sunset-------7:21-------7:21-------7:22
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161616161618181818171717171818181717161616181817
Feels °C (?)151717171717151718161616161616161517161616171514
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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