Donuts surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 10 Apr 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
18.4° C
(Which is 2.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Donuts today?

The current surf forecast for Donuts at 5PM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Afternoon (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (10 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)181515151616161616161616161615151515151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)366178318390416427427427421367362358406406335322314309309309314314314217
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
WNW
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
WSW
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
WSW
20
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:14PM
0.99
5:03AM
1.19
7:15PM
1.09
6:03AM
1.27
7:27PM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:51AM
0.15
11:27PM
0.84
12:33PM
0.08
12:26AM
0.68
1:05PM
0.02
1:09AM
0.49
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
Sunrise6:26-------6:24-------6:22-------
Sunset---7:15-------7:15-------7:15----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------11--------11111---
Temp. °C171818181817171717171717171716161717181716161615
Feels °C (?)181717171817161617161414161615141413141413121313
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