Moonlight Beach Surf Forecast

/ CAL – San Diego County (71 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (33.09° N 117.32° W)

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Moonlight Beach surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 14 Aug 2025 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 22.2° C
(Which is 2.2°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 12PM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am August 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Aug)	3.5ft (1.0m)	15s
Afternoon (14 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	15s
Evening (14 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	15s

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

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	Thursday 14						Friday 15								Saturday 16								Sun 17
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	18
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	599	467	476	485	495	486	480	417	420	378	358	341	332	263	261	267	255	261	241	295	282	197	165	179
Wind (km/h)	S	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			1:26PM 2.01					2:17AM 1.35				2:20PM 2.02				4:34AM 1.24				3:31PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)	6:42AM 0.75					8:28PM 0.71			7:17AM 0.95					10:06PM 0.64				8:08AM 1.13					11:40PM 0.49

	Thursday 14						Friday 15								Saturday 16								Sun 17
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	21	21	20	19	18	17	17	17	20	20	20	18	18	18	17	18	21	21	20	19	18	18	17
Feels °C (?)	19	21	20	19	20	19	17	17	16	18	17	19	18	18	18	17	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	18

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Moonlight Beach (calm at Carlsbad Airport 6 km from Moonlight Beach). 0.6m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.5m 6s windswell from the W and a 0.4m 12s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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