Donuts surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm 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
16.1° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Donuts today?

The current surf forecast for Donuts at 4AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (19 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (19 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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

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Sun
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
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
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)151514141313131313121215151214131312121211161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2181592061921761731711681661091057171105232215206184178172157177157153
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
0
WNW
5
NW
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
SW
5
ESE
5
SSE
10
W
10
W
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SE
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SE
10
SW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
glassononglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:44PM
1.12
8:42AM
1.77
10:12PM
1.16
9:15AM
1.73
10:42PM
1.20
9:49AM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:39AM
0.55
3:59PM
-0.27
3:16AM
0.53
4:28PM
-0.23
3:56AM
0.51
Sun
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise----6:50-------6:48-------6:48---
Sunset-------5:08-------5:09-------5:10
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202018181919191818181817171819181717171716171817
Feels °C (?)181816161717161617171716151616161616161616151615
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