Sunset Cliffs surf break

Sunset Cliffs surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 01 Aug 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
19.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Sunset Cliffs today?

The current surf forecast for Sunset Cliffs at 1AM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm August 01). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Aug)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (02 Aug)2ft (0.6m)18s
Evening (02 Aug)2ft (0.6m)18s

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

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Fri
01
Saturday
02
Sunday
03
Monday
04
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)161515151514181818141212121616161616161588815
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)283299288248251291403455458304294282319317309315345297373302283314324318
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
W
5
W
10
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WSW
5
SW
10
S
10
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
glasscross-
on
ononononcross-
on
glassonglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:25AM
0.85
4:39PM
1.45
8:17AM
0.94
5:41PM
1.52
8:37AM
1.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:48PM
0.49
8:25AM
0.84
12:59AM
0.33
10:25AM
0.93
1:43AM
0.18
12:03PM
0.93
Fri
01
Saturday
02
Sunday
03
Monday
04
Sunrise----6:03-------6:03-------6:03---
Sunset-------7:45-------7:45-------7:45
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171617171719181918191818182020202120191818192020
Feels °C (?)171718191819171818201919192019192120191918191920
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Sunset Cliffs (light winds from the N at North Island Naval Air Station Airport 4 km from Sunset Cliffs). 0.6m 10s swell from the WSW with a 0.4m 13s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.3m 7s swell from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Clean
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