Mission Beach surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 15 Jan 2026 PST
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Mission Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Mission Beach 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 Mission Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Mission Beach at 10PM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)--
Afternoon (15 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Evening (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.7
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)151514141414131313141413131313121212121212181817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)47042840532032032025927216330229728422221920919614614110310171102101135
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
5
WNW
0
NW
5
WSW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
0
NE
5
NW
15
NW
10
N
5
N
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglassglassglassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
crossglassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:38PM
1.05
7:08AM
1.78
9:00PM
1.10
7:43AM
1.85
9:24PM
1.13
8:16AM
1.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:18PM
-0.16
1:10AM
0.73
2:47PM
-0.23
1:46AM
0.67
3:16PM
-0.29
2:21AM
0.61
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise------6:50-------6:50-------6:50-
Sunset-5:05-------5:06-------5:07------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C221919181818182021202021212021212323232322212121
Feels °C (?)181920181818161818171818181717181918192018171717
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