Ocean Beach Jetty surf break

Ocean Beach Jetty surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 20 Mar 2026 PDT
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Ocean Beach Jetty surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ocean Beach Jetty sea temperature is
17.7° C
(Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ocean Beach Jetty today?

The current surf forecast for Ocean Beach Jetty at 8AM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Afternoon (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)161616161616151515151514141414141414131310212121
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)306306306302299239224215258258217214248211206158149147113111140159159128
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
0
WNW
5
W
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
0
NNW
5
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassonononcross-
on
glasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:51AM
1.42
10:56PM
1.74
11:39AM
1.24
11:30PM
1.75
12:35PM
1.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:48AM
-0.08
4:42PM
0.11
5:34AM
-0.12
5:08PM
0.27
6:27AM
-0.09
5:34PM
0.44
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise--6:52-------6:50-------6:50-----
Sunset-----7:00-------7:00-------7:00--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C192020222322212020202021212020191819181919191818
Feels °C (?)202221222221212021201920191921191720181918181918
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