Mission Beach surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 PDT
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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
18.4° C
(Which is 2.6°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 2AM is: 0.4m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)18s
Afternoon (22 Apr)2ft (0.6m)18s
Evening (22 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.9
W
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
1
W
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)191918121818181116161616161615151515151514141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)148120107220273273243223149203201266266263186172169167167167165163149141
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
20
WNW
25
NW
25
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
W
5
SSW
15
SE
10
S
15
SW
15
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
W
5
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:41AM
1.69
4:09PM
0.97
1:59AM
1.53
5:33PM
1.09
3:36AM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:21PM
0.76
8:56AM
-0.14
7:52PM
0.87
10:18AM
-0.09
10:04PM
0.86
11:30AM
-0.07
Tue
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise----6:11-------6:09-------6:09---
Sunset-------7:22-------7:23-------7:24
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C181717161616161616161515161717181717171616171717
Feels °C (?)151415141413121213131314141515161616171615151415
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