Turtles Surf Forecast

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

USA (1297 breaks) / Lat Long: (33.02° N 117.29° W)

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Turtles surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 16 Oct 2025 PDT

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Turtles surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Turtles sea temperature is 17.5° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Turtles today?

The current surf forecast for Turtles at 1AM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (PDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	16s
Afternoon (17 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	17s
Evening (17 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	18s

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

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	Thu 16		Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	2	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	15	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	73	47	54	89	130	181	188	147	204	207	270	305	271	261	258	258	255	255	248	199	191	188	140	140
Wind (km/h)	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNE	W	W	WNW	NW	NNW	NW	NNE	NNE	WNW	W	W	WNW	NW	NNW	N	NNW	WNW	W	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	6:47PM 1.88				7:48AM 1.91				7:34PM 1.88					8:10AM 1.99				8:15PM 1.85				8:30AM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)			1:19AM 0.42				1:43PM 0.78				1:49AM 0.49					2:18PM 0.63				2:15AM 0.58				2:52PM 0.50

	Thu 16		Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	18	18	19	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	20	23	23	22	20	20	20	20	20	22	22	21
Feels °C (?)	17	18	18	17	18	20	18	19	20	20	18	18	19	21	20	21	20	20	20	19	19	20	20	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Turtles (calm at Carlsbad Airport 12 km from Turtles). 0.4m 13s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.4m 7s swell from the W and a 0.1m 20s long period groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 17 minutes ago Turtles

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