Donuts surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 20 Mar 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 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Donuts today?

The current surf forecast for Donuts at 11PM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)--
Afternoon (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)16161515151515141414141414141313132121211092020
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)29923922421525825821721424821120615814914711311114015915912211710199134
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
NNW
10
W
5
N
5
N
10
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
0
SW
5
WNW
10
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
5
S
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onglassglasscross-
on
ononcrossglassglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:42PM
1.69
11:25AM
1.20
11:16PM
1.70
12:21PM
1.01
11:55PM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:36PM
0.11
5:28AM
-0.11
5:02PM
0.26
6:21AM
-0.09
5:28PM
0.42
7:27AM
-0.03
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise------6:50-------6:50-------6:48-
Sunset-7:00-------7:00-------7:00------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222121202020202120202019191919192019181817171718
Feels °C (?)212122202121202018192019192020192018181918181818
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