Diamond Street surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 21 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
18.5° C
(Which is 2.8°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 11AM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)19s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.8
W
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
1
W
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.2
W
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)12121212151919191812181818111616161616168151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)93122957273148148120107178273273243229149203201266266263186172169167
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
NW
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SSW
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:43PM
1.85
2:15PM
0.94
12:41AM
1.69
4:09PM
0.97
1:59AM
1.53
5:33PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:39AM
-0.23
6:21PM
0.76
8:56AM
-0.14
7:52PM
0.87
10:18AM
-0.09
10:04PM
0.86
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise--6:11-------6:11-------6:09-----
Sunset-----7:22-------7:22-------7:23--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161616171818171717171617161616161515151717181717
Feels °C (?)161616151516151415151414111213141414131515151517
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