Oceanside Beach surf break

Oceanside Beach surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 21 Aug 2025 PDT
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Oceanside Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Oceanside Beach sea temperature is
22.4° C
(Which is 2.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Oceanside Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Oceanside Beach at 1PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am August 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (21 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (21 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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

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Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sun
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141417161616161616161515151515151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)279301327297338381364360349295357424394389362352348427433344283275369476
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
0
WSW
0
SW
5
WSW
0
NW
5
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
W
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
W
10
SW
5
SSW
0
W
5
WSW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:31AM
1.70
8:36PM
2.33
9:59AM
1.76
9:16PM
2.29
10:25AM
1.82
9:54PM
2.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:30PM
0.95
3:36AM
0.09
3:11PM
0.86
4:06AM
0.16
3:51PM
0.79
4:33AM
0.28
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sun
24
Sunrise6:16-------6:16-------6:16-------
Sunset---7:28-------7:27-------7:25----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212424242323232324262625232323222424252422232223
Feels °C (?)222524242524242424252524242424232423242423252324
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

  1. weather stationWind Update Recent clean conditions at Oceanside Beach have likely become affected by the arrival of onshore winds (light winds from the SW at Oceanside Airport 8 km from Oceanside Beach). 0.5m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.4m 7s swell from the W and a 0.2m 10s swell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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13 km/h
SW
Onshore
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