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Donuts surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Saturday 10 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
16.8° 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 9PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)--
Afternoon (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.6
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
Period(s) (?)141414141313131313131313202018181817161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1061066866604242424343434280129174251318476437416411411324300
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
WNW
15
NW
10
NNE
5
E
5
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
NW
15
NW
10
N
5
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:45PM
0.82
3:22AM
1.37
4:54PM
0.77
4:15AM
1.41
6:40PM
0.82
5:03AM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:04PM
0.52
11:15AM
0.37
8:55PM
0.66
12:15PM
0.21
10:05PM
0.74
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise------6:50-------6:50-------6:50-
Sunset-5:00-------5:01-------5:01------
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. °C181817151515151620201918171717182020191919181919
Feels °C (?)13131191010101216151514131312141614151515141515
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