Ponto surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 28 Jul 2025 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
68.0°F
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Ponto today?

The current surf forecast for Ponto at 6PM is: 1ft 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1ft 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 2ft 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jul)--
Afternoon (28 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)17s
Evening (28 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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

Updates in 3 hr 59 min 59 s Forecast update imminent
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
31
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (ft) & direction (?)
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
2
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
2
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)171716161716161616161616161616161616161617181818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)165161126127129201149150152151119117124137147149147145136151180232330231
Wind
(mph)
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
W
10
W
10
W
5
W
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
W
0
WSW
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
W
0
WSW
5
SW
0
SW
5
SW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassglassglassglassononcross-
on
onglassglassglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (ft)
12:49PM
5.77
12:10AM
5.84
1:23PM
5.81
12:56AM
5.09
1:59PM
5.84
1:57AM
4.43
Low Tide
/ height (ft)
6:25PM
3.18
6:44AM
1.94
7:24PM
3.25
7:09AM
2.53
8:38PM
3.22
7:33AM
3.08
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
31
Sunrise------6:00-------6:00-------6:01-
Sunset-7:51-------7:51-------7:50------
clearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclear
Rain (in)
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Temp. °F666663636161647070706666666668737372686666646672
Feels °F (?)636463646361667066686868686870737270707068686870

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  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 4 miles away suggest it is still onshore at Ponto (light winds from the WSW at Carlsbad Airport). 1ft 5s windswell from the W with a 1ft 12s groundswell from the SSW and a 1ft 16s long period groundswell from the SW as well as a 0ft 14s groundswell, also from the SW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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