Turtles surf break

Turtles surfForecast / CAL – San Diego County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 15 Sep 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
21.5° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Turtles today?

The current surf forecast for Turtles at 11AM is: 0.6m 20s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)20s
Afternoon (15 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)20s
Evening (15 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)19s

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

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)142120202019191818181818171616161616161515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)332410393501579552564588613634617590615529522559554558557448444449517471
Wind
(km/h)
0
NW
5
NW
5
NW
10
W
15
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
10
WNW
15
W
10
W
5
WSW
5
NW
5
W
5
NW
5
WSW
10
WSW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NW
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:02AM
1.46
4:46PM
1.98
7:36AM
1.58
6:01PM
2.04
8:04AM
1.68
6:58PM
2.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:28PM
0.42
10:29AM
1.34
12:33AM
0.32
12:04PM
1.23
1:20AM
0.25
1:02PM
1.08
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Sunrise--6:31-------6:33-------6:33-----
Sunset-----6:54-------6:53-------6:52--
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181819222323222222222326252422222222222423252527
Feels °C (?)202020232324242424232426252423232323232421222327
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - San Diego County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Turtles (calm at Carlsbad Airport 12 km from Turtles). 0.4m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.3m 20s long period groundswell, also from the SSW and a 0.2m 5s windswell, also from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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