Donuts surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 23 Aug 2025 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
21.9° 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 3AM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm August 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Afternoon (24 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (24 Aug)2ft (0.6m)20s

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

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Sat
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
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
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141414202020201414181818181818181716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)284333401402407367381362361449471444392394405400475477437417413460377330
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
W
10
WNW
15
W
10
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:50PM
1.81
10:42AM
1.47
10:26PM
1.68
11:09AM
1.49
11:01PM
1.52
11:34AM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:37AM
-0.06
4:31PM
0.37
5:01AM
0.07
5:09PM
0.37
5:23AM
0.21
Sat
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
Sunrise----6:18-------6:18-------6:18---
Sunset-------7:22-------7:22-------7:21
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212120212121212221212121212121212120202020212121
Feels °C (?)232321232321212221212222222221212221212121212021
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Donuts (light winds from the NW at North Island Naval Air Station Airport 5 km from Donuts). 0.6m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.5m 4s local chop from the WSW and a 0.3m 10s swell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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7 km/h
NW
Clean
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