Moonlight Beach surf break

Moonlight Beach surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 12 Mar 2026 PDT
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Moonlight Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Moonlight Beach sea temperature is
16.4° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Moonlight Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Moonlight Beach at 6AM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Afternoon (13 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (13 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

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


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Thu
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
2
2
3
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)171717161616161616151414141422222221202020202020
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)499528476333329248322318242304204204218218263263263260314253336517403395
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
0
NW
0
S
0
E
0
ESE
5
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
SSW
10
S
10
S
15
SW
15
S
10
SSW
10
SSE
5
S
5
SSE
0
SSW
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
ononglasscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crossglassglassononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:25PM
1.48
5:49AM
1.82
8:25PM
1.54
6:40AM
1.93
8:35PM
1.62
7:22AM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:01AM
1.37
1:27PM
0.46
12:50AM
1.25
1:55PM
0.37
1:27AM
1.11
2:21PM
0.31
Thu
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise----7:01-------7:01-------7:00---
Sunset-------6:54-------6:55-------6:55
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242423232427262522211919182021191717161616202120
Feels °C (?)232322222224232321201918171919171717161617192019
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