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South Beach surfForecast / CAL – Del Norte County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 08 Jan 2026 PST
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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
11.4° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at South Beach today?

The current surf forecast for South Beach at 4PM is: 3.5m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 5.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)13ft (4.0m)16s
Afternoon (08 Jan)11ft (3.5m)16s
Evening (08 Jan)10ft (3.0m)16s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.6
W
2
W
2.2
W
2.2
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
Period(s) (?)161616161615151514141414141313131310121413131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8764775869566080527344733657328827092265180995380361742440556428871115631693160914621292
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
15
NNW
10
NNE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
E
5
SE
5
WSW
5
S
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
E
5
ESE
5
SSE
10
SSW
5
S
5
ESE
5
E
5
E
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:54PM
1.79
4:02AM
2.08
4:00PM
1.56
4:43AM
2.09
5:20PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:20AM
0.75
9:16PM
0.27
10:25AM
0.69
9:55PM
0.54
11:34AM
0.60
10:37PM
0.79
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise-7:43-------7:43-------7:43------
Sunset---5:02-------5:04-------5:05----
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clear
cloud
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part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C679987666810109999910111110101010
Feels °C (?)345443223578666677898887
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