South Bird Rock surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 PDT
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South Bird Rock surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's South Bird Rock sea temperature is
20.9° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at South Bird Rock today?

The current surf forecast for South Bird Rock at 3PM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)15s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)151515151515151414141414141414131413131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3673532793442592632422362332642642612431451451411431412221091091088684
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
5
SW
15
WNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
S
10
SSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
5
W
5
W
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassonglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:04AM
1.37
7:03PM
1.80
8:30AM
1.47
7:49PM
1.84
8:54AM
1.55
8:30PM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:24PM
0.70
2:20AM
-0.13
2:09PM
0.54
2:52AM
-0.11
2:48PM
0.40
3:20AM
-0.05
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
Sunrise6:33-------6:33-------6:35-------
Sunset---6:52-------6:51-------6:50----
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1--1-1122--------------
Temp. °C212121222221222222232323222121212021212120202020
Feels °C (?)212321222220232424242324242324232223212121212121
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at South Bird Rock (light winds from the W at La Jolla- CA 6 km from South Bird Rock). 0.6m 15s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.5m 8s swell from the WSW and a 0.4m 10s swell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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W
Clean
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