Ponto surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 20 Mar 2026 PDT
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Ponto surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ponto sea temperature is
17.8° C
(Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ponto today?

The current surf forecast for Ponto at 4PM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am 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 (0.7m)16s
Evening (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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


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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
1
2
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)161616161515151515151414141414141313132121211320
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3262612582512422262232202172172142112081751251211201201181161591148466
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
WNW
15
W
10
W
5
NW
5
W
5
NE
5
N
5
WNW
10
W
15
W
10
W
5
W
0
WSW
0
WNW
0
SSW
0
SSW
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassonglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassononglassglasscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:45AM
1.87
10:47PM
2.22
11:35AM
1.69
11:21PM
2.23
12:35PM
1.50
12:02AM
2.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:31PM
0.63
5:27AM
0.35
4:59PM
0.79
6:22AM
0.37
5:28PM
0.96
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise6:52-------6:52-------6:50-------
Sunset---7:00-------7:00-------7:01----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212325242121202020232322202019191922222019181818
Feels °C (?)222424242222212120232121202120191922211920181919
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