Leucadia surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 PDT
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Leucadia surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Leucadia sea temperature is
21.7° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Leucadia today?

The current surf forecast for Leucadia at 3PM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Afternoon (18 Sep)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
SW
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141413131313141313121313131313131315
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)264273366341207195181192184126173236142125115113828312116512111911777
Wind
(km/h)
0
N
5
SW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
0
NW
5
NW
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:30AM
1.77
7:45PM
2.14
8:54AM
1.85
8:26PM
2.12
9:16AM
1.92
9:04PM
2.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:48PM
0.93
2:31AM
0.25
2:27PM
0.79
2:59AM
0.31
3:03PM
0.67
3:24AM
0.40
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
Sunrise6:33-------6:35-------6:35-------
Sunset---6:51-------6:50-------6:49----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222424242222212122232323212121212123232221202020
Feels °C (?)252625252424232424242324232323232324232223212222
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 7 km away suggest it is still onshore at Leucadia (light winds from the WSW at Carlsbad Airport). 0.6m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.3m 5s windswell from the WNW and a 0.2m 8s swell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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19 km/h
WSW
Onshore
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