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Donuts surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 08 Jan 2026 PST
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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
16.9° C
 (Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Donuts today?

The current surf forecast for Donuts at 11AM is: 2.3m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 19s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Afternoon (08 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)9s
Evening (08 Jan)6ft (1.9m)9s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
2.2
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.4
W
1.1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)688999999988101016161515151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6428730773292980065057548430417310811794127122165161109701061066866
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
15
NW
10
SE
5
ESE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NNW
15
NW
10
N
10
E
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
N
15
N
15
NE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offcross-
off		crosscross-
on		crossoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:48AM
1.29
12:04PM
1.25
1:37AM
1.31
1:09PM
1.00
2:29AM
1.33
2:45PM
0.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:32AM
0.59
6:49PM
0.16
7:54AM
0.59
7:24PM
0.35
9:37AM
0.52
8:04PM
0.52
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise--6:50-------6:50-------6:50-----
Sunset-----4:59-------5:00-------5:00--
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)
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Temp. °C161615141515161515141313161616151414141520211917
Feels °C (?)14141188101212131198121112119991014151312
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