Tamarack Ave. surf break

Tamarack Ave. surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 PDT
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Tamarack Ave. surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tamarack Ave. sea temperature is
21.2° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tamarack Ave. today?

The current surf forecast for Tamarack Ave. at 8AM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Afternoon (17 Sep)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (17 Sep)3ft (0.9m)15s

Table - waves today at Tamarack Ave.. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)161616151515151515141414141414141314131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)432427527402375296370308283268264264366346264207128195173126171236253168
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
WNW
15
SSW
5
WSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
N
5
N
10
N
0
SW
5
SSE
10
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SSW
0
WSW
5
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
5
WNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
onglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassononcross-
on
onglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:04AM
1.68
6:59PM
2.11
8:30AM
1.77
7:45PM
2.14
8:54AM
1.85
8:26PM
2.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:21AM
0.25
1:03PM
1.08
1:59AM
0.22
1:48PM
0.93
2:31AM
0.25
2:27PM
0.79
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise--6:33-------6:33-------6:35-----
Sunset-----6:52-------6:52-------6:50--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------111121------------
Temp. °C222221222423212223232325242422222221212323222121
Feels °C (?)232321242424222424262627242524252524242423232323
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Tamarack Ave. (calm at Carlsbad Airport 6 km from Tamarack Ave.). 0.6m 16s long period groundswell from the SSW with a 0.4m 12s groundswell, also from the SSW and a 0.3m 4s local chop, also from the W as well as a 0.2m 9s swell, also from the WNW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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