Terra Mar surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 PDT
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Terra Mar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Terra Mar 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 Terra Mar today?

The current surf forecast for Terra Mar at 2AM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

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 Terra Mar. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Tue
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
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
Period(s) (?)161616161615151515151514141414141414131413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)437437432427527402375296370308283268264264366346264207128195173126171236
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
SW
5
W
15
WSW
10
NNW
5
WSW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NE
5
SE
10
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
W
5
WSW
5
SW
0
S
0
W
10
WSW
15
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
onglassoncross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:02PM
2.04
8:05AM
1.68
6:59PM
2.11
8:30AM
1.77
7:45PM
2.14
8:54AM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:21AM
0.25
1:03PM
1.08
1:59AM
0.22
1:48PM
0.93
2:31AM
0.24
2:27PM
0.79
Tue
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise----6:33-------6:33-------6:35---
Sunset-------6:52-------6:52-------6:50
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------1----------------
Temp. °C222121222122222222212324252425242322222121232322
Feels °C (?)232222222224212223212325272525262524252424242323
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Terra Mar (light winds from the W at Oceanside Airport 4 km from Terra Mar). 0.6m 16s long period groundswell from the SSW with a 0.4m 3s local chop from the W and a 0.3m 13s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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W
Clean
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