Donuts surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 17 Apr 2026 PDT
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Donuts surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Donuts sea temperature is
17.7° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Donuts today?

The current surf forecast for Donuts at 3AM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

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 Donuts. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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
W
5
WSW
5
NW
0
NNW
10
W
20
WNW
10
W
5
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassglassglassglassonononglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:35PM
1.84
10:40AM
1.21
10:10PM
1.87
11:35AM
1.09
10:50PM
1.84
12:39PM
0.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:35AM
-0.32
4:01PM
0.34
5:25AM
-0.34
4:35PM
0.46
6:20AM
-0.29
Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise----6:16-------6:15-------6:13---
Sunset-------7:20-------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. °C161616161618171817171717171817181717161616171717
Feels °C (?)151717171717141717161616161715161517151616151414
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