Sunset Cliffs Surf Forecast

/ CAL – San Diego County (71 breaks) / California (404 breaks) /

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (32.71° N 117.26° W)

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Sunset Cliffs surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 PDT

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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 20.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Sunset Cliffs today?

The current surf forecast for Sunset Cliffs at 12PM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave 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 Sunset Cliffs. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Wednesday 17						Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat 20
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	S	S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	367	353	279	344	259	263	242	236	233	264	264	257	243	145	145	141	143	141	222	109	109	108	86	84
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	S	SSW	WSW	W	WNW	W	W	SW	WSW	W	W	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	7:57AM 1.36				7:02PM 1.80					8:23AM 1.46			7:47PM 1.84					8:48AM 1.55				8:27PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)			1:12PM 0.70					2:08AM -0.10			1:56PM 0.54					2:40AM -0.08				2:34PM 0.41				3:07AM -0.02

	Wednesday 17						Thursday 18								Friday 19								Sat 20
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	1	1	1	1	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	21	22	22	21	21	22	21	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	21	21	20	20	20	20
Feels °C (?)	20	22	21	22	22	20	22	24	23	25	23	23	24	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	20	21	21	21

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Sunset Cliffs (light winds from the N at North Island Naval Air Station Airport 4 km from Sunset Cliffs). 0.6m 15s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.5m 3s local chop from the WSW and a 0.4m 12s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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