Donuts surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 23 Mar 2026 PDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
18.6° C
(Which is 3.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Donuts today?

The current surf forecast for Donuts at 10AM is: 0.4m 20s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)20s
Afternoon (23 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)19s
Evening (23 Mar)2ft (0.6m)19s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
W
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
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
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)101320201919191918181818181818181716161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)908397134184236236181161155154197197304304246183169165163161206248245
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
10
W
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
S
5
SW
0
WSW
5
S
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
10
NNW
10
NW
15
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassonglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:55PM
1.66
1:39PM
0.83
12:45AM
1.56
3:56PM
0.76
2:02AM
1.45
6:33PM
0.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:27AM
-0.03
5:55PM
0.58
8:54AM
0.02
6:25PM
0.73
10:38AM
0.01
9:07PM
0.85
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise--6:48-------6:47-------6:46-----
Sunset-----7:01-------7:02-------7:02--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161616181818181717171719191919181819202120201919
Feels °C (?)161617181717191718181819181820191819202018191819
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Donuts surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest