Terra Mar surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 20 Mar 2026 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
18.0° C
(Which is 2.9°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 6AM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Afternoon (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (21 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

Table - waves today at Terra Mar. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
2
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515151515141414141414131313212121132020201919
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)242226223220217217214211208175125121120120118116159114846697134184251
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
W
0
NE
0
WSW
5
W
5
W
15
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
WSW
0
NNW
0
WNW
0
SSE
5
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
ESE
5
SW
5
S
5
S
5
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassonononglassglassglasscross-
on
glassononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:47PM
2.22
11:35AM
1.69
11:21PM
2.23
12:35PM
1.50
12:02AM
2.19
2:00PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:28AM
0.35
4:59PM
0.79
6:22AM
0.37
5:28PM
0.96
7:30AM
0.42
Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise----6:52-------6:50-------6:48---
Sunset-------7:00-------7:01-------7:02
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212020202022232120201919202121211919191818212120
Feels °C (?)222121212022222021212020202120211920191819212020
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