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Oceanside Harbor surf break

Oceanside Harbor surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Sunday 18 Jan 2026 PST
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Oceanside Harbor surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Oceanside Harbor sea temperature is
16.2° C
 (Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Oceanside Harbor today?

The current surf forecast for Oceanside Harbor at 8AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am January 18). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)16s
Evening (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
Period(s) (?)131818161616151514131313131313121212151413131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)67676791891291121551509212812687878577464672153176166156144
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
10
NE
5
NE
5
NW
10
WNW
10
W
5
WNW
5
NNW
0
ENE
0
WSW
5
ESE
5
SSE
10
SW
5
SW
0
SSE
5
SE
0
SW
5
NNE
5
E
0
SSE
5
WSW
10
W
0
SSW
0
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglasscross-
on		onglassglassglassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on		glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:14AM
2.31
10:00PM
1.57
8:48AM
2.31
10:28PM
1.60
9:21AM
2.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:00AM
1.08
3:31PM
0.13
2:35AM
1.05
4:00PM
0.15
3:12AM
1.02
4:28PM
0.20
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise--6:52-------6:52-------6:50-----
Sunset-----5:07-------5:07-------5:08--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212121212221202020191919191918191819192021201819
Feels °C (?)181717181817171718171716161818171717161818171718
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