Donuts surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 20 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
17.6° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Donuts today?

The current surf forecast for Donuts at 3PM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.9
W
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
1
W
1
W
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131212121212121519191918121818181010161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13811311313212412093122957273148148120107220273273243200183203201266
Wind
(km/h)
0
NNW
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
NW
5
NNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassonononcross-
on
glasscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:39PM
0.97
11:37PM
1.75
2:04PM
0.89
12:35AM
1.60
3:53PM
0.91
1:55AM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:20AM
-0.29
5:12PM
0.59
7:25AM
-0.20
5:59PM
0.71
8:41AM
-0.11
7:26PM
0.81
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise6:13-------6:11-------6:11-------
Sunset---7:22-------7:22-------7:22----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161617171716161616171718171716161616161516161615
Feels °C (?)171515151516151616151415151413121312121013131414
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