Donuts surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Sunday 18 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
16.0° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Donuts today?

The current surf forecast for Donuts at 6AM is: 0.4m 18s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)17s
Afternoon (18 Jan)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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

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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.6
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
Period(s) (?)121818171616151514141313131313121215151214131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)711021011351301832181592062501761731711681661121057171105232215206187
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
ENE
5
E
0
NW
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
N
5
N
5
NNW
5
N
0
NNW
10
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
S
5
NW
0
S
5
SE
0
SSE
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SE
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
glassglassononglassglassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
glasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:10AM
1.77
9:44PM
1.12
8:42AM
1.77
10:12PM
1.16
9:15AM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:03AM
0.60
3:30PM
-0.27
2:39AM
0.55
3:59PM
-0.27
3:16AM
0.53
4:28PM
-0.23
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise--6:50-------6:50-------6:48-----
Sunset-----5:07-------5:08-------5:09--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222121212221201919181819181717171718181920181818
Feels °C (?)181717181817171717151617151517161717161717161716
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