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Sunset Cliffs surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 02 Feb 2026 PST
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Sunset Cliffs surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Sunset Cliffs sea temperature is
16.2° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sunset Cliffs today?

The current surf forecast for Sunset Cliffs at 7AM is: 1.6m 17s primary swell from a West direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 03:00am February 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)16s
Afternoon (02 Feb)6ft (1.8m)16s
Evening (02 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)15s

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

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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
4
2
3
3
4
3
2
3
2
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)181717161616161515151414141413131312121212121118
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)143617021389168816261606139811781117957813684561529427345319247193187177130127103
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SW
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNW
15
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
NE
5
E
5
NE
5
NW
10
ENE
10
E
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
on		crosscrossglasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
off		offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:54AM
1.99
10:06PM
1.41
9:34AM
1.86
10:39PM
1.44
10:14AM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:53AM
0.36
3:55PM
-0.42
3:37AM
0.32
4:26PM
-0.29
4:21AM
0.32
4:55PM
-0.12
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise--6:43-------6:41-------6:41-----
Sunset-----5:22-------5:22-------5:23--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171717181817171717171820222121212122222326282724
Feels °C (?)161616161616161716151718181617181919182022242220
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