South Beach surf break

South Beach surfForecast / CAL – Del Norte County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 24 Feb 2026 PST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
South Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's South Beach sea temperature is
11.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at South Beach today?

The current surf forecast for South Beach at 3PM is: 1.8m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)7ft (2.2m)9s
Afternoon (24 Feb)6ft (1.8m)9s
Evening (24 Feb)5ft (1.6m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.6
NW
Period(s) (?)999999999999999999891313137
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)80968360948641237935129429423523521118316213511510493745958575536
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
SW
5
WSW
5
W
10
NNW
5
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
5
E
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
N
10
NW
10
NNW
5
N
0
E
5
E
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:15PM
1.42
4:58AM
2.20
7:49PM
1.48
6:14AM
2.18
8:57PM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:26AM
0.11
10:28PM
1.10
12:44PM
0.05
11:57PM
1.18
1:55PM
-0.05
1:29AM
1.12
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
Sunrise6:58-------6:58-------6:56-------
Sunset---6:00-------6:00-------6:02----
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
10111042211----------------
Temp. °C131313131212121111111212111110101013141413121213
Feels °C (?)9101111111212910898998881111101111910
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Latest Updates

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our South Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest