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Mission Beach surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 06 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
16.9° C
 (Which is 1.8°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 3PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Jan)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (06 Jan)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (06 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Fri
09
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
2
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.7
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.4
WNW
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.8
W
2
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
Period(s) (?)99913912121111111110111111788999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)78565781812322142051951491431361108237200256298521642679529364257
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
ESE
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
5
WSW
10
NNE
5
SSW
5
SE
10
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
15
W
25
W
25
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
0
ENE
5
ENE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		crossoncross-
off		cross-
on		glassononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:34AM
1.81
12:12AM
1.33
11:20AM
1.57
12:57AM
1.34
12:12PM
1.30
1:45AM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:51AM
0.56
5:54PM
-0.23
5:48AM
0.59
6:32PM
-0.04
6:55AM
0.62
7:10PM
0.17
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Fri
09
Sunrise6:52-------6:52-------6:52-------
Sunset---4:57-------4:58-------4:59----
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----11124--------------
Temp. °C151617171717161515141516161515151515151616151514
Feels °C (?)14151615161515131414131314131414131191212131311
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